A devotional hymn written in a learned kind of Latin, interspersed with Greek and Hebrew words. It consists of 22 rhyming triplets with lines of seven or eight syllables. The first letter of each triplet follows the order of the alphabet. It has been suggested that the poem was composed by an Irish cleric active in the 10th century.
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Early medieval compilation of six homiletic pieces in Latin, including an early version of the so-called ‘Seven Heavens’ apocryphon. It is known for having Irish connections and may represent a Hiberno-Latin adaptation of material that goes back to Visigothic Spain.
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Latin hymn in praise of St Michael, attributed to Máel Rúain of Tallaght.
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A 6th-century or early 7th-century commentary on Donatus, Ars minor, ascribed to one Asperus/Asperius or Asporius, who may have been an Irishman. It represents a Christianised reworking of the material.
Latin grammatical compilation thought to have been produced at an Irish or insular centre. It follows the model of Donatus' grammars and draws extensively on classical and Christian writings. No complete copy of the text survives. The extant sections are headed De partibus orationis, De nomine and De pronomine.
Early medieval lemmatised commentary on books I and III of Donatus’ Ars maior. The work is similar to the Ars Laureshamensis and the grammatical treatises of Murethach and Sedulius Scottus.
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Latin treatise on grammar and written on the continent by an anonymous Irishman known in modern scholarship as Donatus ortigraphus (DO). The work is conceived as a dialogue between teacher and student, and the structure adopted for the treatment of its subjects is indebted to Donatus.
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Latin grammar (ars grammatica) once attributed to the Irish peregrinus and teacher Clemens Scottus but now regarded as an anonymous work.
Anonymous commentary on Donatus, Ars maior, written at Lorsch, perhaps by an Irish or insular grammarian and based on a lost source of Irish origin. It covers all three parts (1, 3 and 2).
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Short Latin treatise on the grammar of metre, attributed to and presumably written by an Irish scholar named Cruindmelus, which likely represents the Irish name Cruindmáel. It has been dated to the first half of the 9th century.
Metrical Latin hymn in honour of St Camelacus (Ir. Cáemlach?), a now obscure saint who is elsewhere described as having been a contemporary of St Patrick.
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Carolingian Latin poem written by Dungal (l. 3) and addressed to a certain Baldo magister.
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An early medieval Latin florilegium whose contents can be described as an eclectic mix of theological and exegetical matter and include many apocryphal items. Many of the sources have been identified as Anglo-Saxon, Irish or continental. No manuscripts are known to survive but Johann Herwagen included a version in his collected works of Bede (Basel, 1563).
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