Texts
Betha Caoimhgin (I)‘Life of St Cóemgen’
- Middle Irish
- prose
- Irish hagiography
Prose Life of St Cóemgen (Cáemgen, Kevin)
Manuscripts
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340 (3410) [1629]
ff. 274a–277b
Transcript by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, followed by Betha Caoimhgin II
Language
- Middle Irish
- Late Middle Irish
Form
prose (primary)
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.
[tr.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translations, notes, indexes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
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121–126 (English translation); 342–343 (textual notes) direct link
Secondary sources (select)
Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
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