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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Latin hymn in praise of St Michael, attributed to Máel Rúain of Tallaght.
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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Metrical Latin hymn (8 st) of the ‘Ambrosian’ type, written in iambic dimeter. The text may have been written by an Irish author and seems to have been intended for the blessing of the Paschal candle on Easter night.
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Latin metrical hymn or lorica (breast-plate) attributed to Laidcenn mac Baíth Bannaig.
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Medieval Latin litany or lorica, with a preface which attributes its composition to Brendan, abbot of Clonfert. It is preserved in manuscripts from the 11th century onward. Its date of composition is unknown.
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Early Hiberno-Latin hymn (3 qq) dedicated to St Brigit. The three stanzas start with the final letters of the alphabet (X-Y-Z), possibly suggesting that they originally stood at the end of an abecedarius, a longer hymn arranged from A to Z. It is prefaced with an Irish prose introduction, which attributes the poem to Ultán of Ardbraccan. MS T is accompanied with a number of Latin and Irish glosses, one of which praises Brigit with the title ‘the Mary of the Gaels’ (Maire na n.Goidel).
