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Abstalón, adba na ríg
verse
beg. Abstalón, adba na ríg
Late Middle Irish poem on the beheading of St John the Baptist by Mog Ruith.
Ad-fét Augustín...
prose
Early Irish anecdote attributed to St Augustine concerning a terrifying Leviathan-like monster in India, on land and in the sea, which is causing the tides by swallowing and spewing water and continually contends with the sun.
An n-aidchi geni Críst chain
verse
15 st.
beg. An n-aidchi geni Críst chain
Anum ó téid as a corp
verse
beg. Anum ó téid as a corp
Late Middle Irish poem (9 + 4 qq) on the seven days’ journey, or seven journeys, of the soul after it leaves the body.
Babilóin roclos hi céin
verse
22 st.
beg. Babilóin roclos hi céin

Poem (22 stanzas) in the Sex aetates mundi.

Becca na delba acht delb Dé
verse
11 st.
beg. Becca na delba acht delb Dé
Middle Irish poem (11 qq) on the personal appearances of Christ and his apostles.
Cétna laithe tairiraith
verse
9 st.
beg. Cétna laithe tairiraith
Moelmoedóc mac DiarmadaMoelmoedóc mac Diarmada
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Middle Irish poem (9 qq) on the seven journeys of the soul after if leaves the body. It is found in the Leabhar Breac, where it is attributed to Moelmoedóc Ua Mongair but internally, in the final quatrain, to Moelmoedóc mac Diarmada, possibly referring to the abbot of Glen Uissen (Killeshin, Co. Laois) (ob. 917).

Dá brón flatha nime
form undefined
Middle Irish tract about the prophets Enoch and Elijah.
Deichdúan na h-eisséirge
verse
beg. Ba cóir do cach crístaide

A group of ten Middle Irish poems on the week before Judgment Day, which is found as an addition at the end of Saltair na rann.

Do faillsigud cuirp Stephain
prose
On the finding of St Stephen’s body by Lucian the priest.
Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin
verse
63 st.
beg. Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin
How Samson slew the Gesteda
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NehemiahNehemiah
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Late Middle Irish tale in which Jewish traditions about Samson are combined with Greek traditions about the Trojans. Ferann na nGeisteda, the homeland of the pagan Gesteda in the tale, has been identified as a reference to the Land of Goshen in Egypt.

Irish legends of the finding of the Cross
prose

A series of Irish legends of the finding of the Cross.

Irish note on the twelve apostles (Christus dub dond a folt)
prose
Medieval Irish note in prose on the personal appearances, chiefly hair and beards, of Christ and his apostles.
Irish treatise on the twelve apostles (genealogy, appearance, death)
prose
An Irish treatise on the Twelve Apostles, their genealogies, their personal appearances (chiefly hair and beards), their deaths and their burial places.
Irish version of the Somniale Danielis
prose

Irish prose tract on omens and visions of the night, deriving from a version of the Somniale Danielis, a popular medieval Latin handbook for interpreting dreams.

Is fisigh cidh dia ndernad Adham
prose
Irish text on the divisions of Adam
Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill
verse
beg. Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill
Páis Eoin Bauptaist
prose
Irish text concerning the passion of St John the Baptist