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Stair Nuadat Find Femin ‘The history of Nuadu Find Femin’

Uilliam Mac an Leagha
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Medieval Irish literature
Classical Irish romance
Author
Mac an Leagha (Uilliam)
Mac an Leagha (Uilliam)
(fl. 15th century)
Irish author, translator and scribe

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probably Uilliam Mac an Leagha, who has been identified as the scribe of the only manuscript, or manuscript section, in which this text survives (Quinn).
Manuscripts
Language
  • Early Modern Irish
Date
15th century

Classification

Medieval Irish literatureMedieval Irish literature
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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.] [tr.] Müller-Lisowski, Käte [ed. and tr.], “Stair Nuadat Find Femin”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 195–250.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Poppe, Erich, “Stair Nuadat Find Femin: Eine irische Romanze?”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 49–50 (1997): 749–759.
Quinn, Gordon [ed.], Stair Ercuil ocus a bás: The life and death of Hercules, Irish Texts Society, 38, London: Irish Texts Society, 1939.
Internet Archive: <link>
xxxviii–xl
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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May 2012, last updated: January 2024