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Middle Irish verse composition giving accounts of biblical history, from the time of Creation to the resurrection of Christ. It is divided into 150 cantos of varying lengths, ranging from just 3 quatrains to as many as 138.

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Classification

Irish and Irish Latin religious literature

Irish poetry / Early Irish (to c.1200)

Misc. / religious / apocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature

Misc. / religious literature / theology and exegesis

Language

Irish/Gaelic
Irish > Early Irish
Irish > Early > Middle Irish