Texts

Túarascbáil delba Con Culaind ‘The description of (the appearance of) Cú Chulainn’

  • prose, verse
  • Táin bó Cúailnge
Episode found in all three recensions of Táin bó Cúailnge.
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Contains poems
Masu h-é in ríastartha’ • ‘Ber ass Dubthach n-Dóeltengaid’ » roscada

Classification

Táin bó Cúailnge
Táin bó Cúailnge
id. 624

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.

See Táin bó Cúailnge for the complete list
[ed.] [tr.] OʼRahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúailnge: Recension I, Dublin: DIAS, 1976.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>
Lines 2335–2454 Recension I.
[ed.] [tr.] OʼRahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster, Irish Texts Society, 49, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>
Lines 2338–2438 Recension II in LL.
[ed.] Nettlau, Max [ed.], “The fragment of Tain Bó Cuailnge in MS. Egerton 93 (ff. 26a 1-35b 2) [part 2]”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 62–78, 198–208.  
comments: Edited from BL MS Egerton 93.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
§§ 172–201 Recension III

Secondary sources (select)

Schrijver, Peter, “The roscada of Táin bó Cúailnge Recension I, 2428–2454”, in: Bernadette Smelik, Rijcklof Hofman, Camiel Hamans, and David Cram (eds), A companion in linguistics: a Festschrift for Anders Ahlqvist on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, Nijmegen: Stichting Uitgeverij de Keltische Draak, 2005. 92–116.
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July 2012, last updated: January 2024