Texts

Duodecim apostoli
verse beg. Simon, Madian is Matha

Early Irish
verse

A single quatrain in the Liber hymnorum (TCD MS 1441, f. 31vb), which lists names of the twelve apostles. A note in at least one version of the Commentary to Félire Óengusso (31 July) gives the same quatrain but adds another quatrain with names of prominent Irish saints corresponding in part to other lists of the ‘twelve apostles of Ireland’.

First words (verse)

Simon, Madian is Matha

Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1441 (E 4. 2) = Irish Liber hymnorum [s. xi^ex–xiiⁱⁿ]

f. 31vb

context: Irish Liber hymnorum

1q

Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 7 [s. xv]

context: Commentary to Félire Óengusso

Stokes' MS F. 2qq. The additional quatrain is headed .xii. apostoli Hibernie.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 (967) = Book of Ballycummin [s. xvi]

p. 56.i

rubric: ‘.xii. apostoli’

beg. ‘Simon Madian is Matha’

2qq.

Language

Early Irish
Early Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 1 or 2

Classification

Subjects

saints of IrelandIreland and Irish history, Irish people, saints
saints of Ireland

id. 27585

Twelve Apostles

Twelve Apostles

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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson [eds.], The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 1: Text and introduction, Henry Bradshaw Society, 13, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.

comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation

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159 (text) [‘Nomina apostolorum’] Quatrain from TCD 1441.

[tr.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson, The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translation and notes, Henry Bradshaw Society, 14, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.

comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation

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52 (translation), 222 (notes)

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed.], Goidelica: Old and early Middle Irish glosses, 2nd ed., London, 1872.

comments: Cf. Stokes, Whitley, et al., Thesaurus palaeohibernicus (1901–1910).

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175 Quatrain from TCD 1441.

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, Félire húi Gormáin: The martyrology of Gorman, from a manuscript in the Royal Library, Brussels, Henry Bradshaw Society, 9, London: Harrison, 1895.

comments: Edition and English translation of the Martyrology of Gorman, with introduction, notes, etc.