Bibliography
Bart
Jaski s. xx–xxi
Works authored
Jaski, Bart, and Daniel Mc Carthy, A facsimile edition of the Annals of Roscrea, Online: School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College, 2011–. Word 97 document. URL: <http://www.scss.tcd.ie/misc/kronos/editions/AR_portal.htm>.
abstract:
The Irish chronicle known to modern scholarship as the ‘Annals of Roscrea’ is found only in the manuscript Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 5301-20 pp. 97−161. It was first registered in print in the comprehensive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Burgundian Library at Brussels published in 1842, and an edition was published by Dermot Gleeson and Seán Mac Airt in 1959. Recent research has shown that the principal scribe, the Franciscan friar Fr Brendan O’Conor, transcribed his source, ‘mutila Historia D. Cantwelij’, in two successive phases and then in a third phase it was annotated and indexed by his fellow Franciscan Fr Thomas O’Sheerin. This research has also shown that the edition of Gleeson and Mac Airt is incomplete, having omitted the pre-Patrician section of the chronicle. Hence this, the first full edition of the work, has been prepared in facsimile form so as to make clear the successive phases of compilation of the text, to provide an accurate account of its orthography, to identify the relationship of its entries to those of other chronicles, and to furnish an AD chronology consistent with the other Clonmacnoise group chronicles.
comments: 1. A 30-page introduction describing the only manuscript of the Annals of Roscrea, namely [[Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5301-5320
|Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 5301-20]], followed by an account of the principles used in the compilation of the facsimile edition.
abstract:
The Irish chronicle known to modern scholarship as the ‘Annals of Roscrea’ is found only in the manuscript Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 5301-20 pp. 97−161. It was first registered in print in the comprehensive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Burgundian Library at Brussels published in 1842, and an edition was published by Dermot Gleeson and Seán Mac Airt in 1959. Recent research has shown that the principal scribe, the Franciscan friar Fr Brendan O’Conor, transcribed his source, ‘mutila Historia D. Cantwelij’, in two successive phases and then in a third phase it was annotated and indexed by his fellow Franciscan Fr Thomas O’Sheerin. This research has also shown that the edition of Gleeson and Mac Airt is incomplete, having omitted the pre-Patrician section of the chronicle. Hence this, the first full edition of the work, has been prepared in facsimile form so as to make clear the successive phases of compilation of the text, to provide an accurate account of its orthography, to identify the relationship of its entries to those of other chronicles, and to furnish an AD chronology consistent with the other Clonmacnoise group chronicles.
comments: 1. A 30-page introduction describing the only manuscript of the Annals of Roscrea, namely [[Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5301-5320
|Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 5301-20]], followed by an account of the principles used in the compilation of the facsimile edition.
Jaski, Bart, Early Irish kingship and succession, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000.
Early medieval Ireland was politically fragmented, with a multitude of lordships and kingships ruled by dynasties of which many were genealogically inter-related. This book begins by discussing the political power of the Irish lords and kings over their subjects, their roles as mediators between natural and divine forces and their position as rulers over their subjects. It then moves on to a detailed analysis of the rule of succession in early Ireland. A lord or king had to be qualified for his office, and for this many considerations were taken into account, such as his pedigree, the status of his mother, his behaviour and his physical appearance. This is widely evidenced in legal material, saga literature, annals and other sources, and the author sets these notions in a wider context of various aspects of Irish political and social life, such as the division of the inheritance, loss of noble and royal status, clientship and suretyship. The meaning of the titles rígdamna and the office of tánaise ríg are also examined.
The Irish custom of succession forms the background to the tendency of close and distant relatives to compete for power and of the ruling dynasties to expand and fragment. It also explains why it was so difficult for one dynasty to become permanently paramount in Ireland. The book concludes with a discussion of the nature of the kingship of Tara.
Early medieval Ireland was politically fragmented, with a multitude of lordships and kingships ruled by dynasties of which many were genealogically inter-related. This book begins by discussing the political power of the Irish lords and kings over their subjects, their roles as mediators between natural and divine forces and their position as rulers over their subjects. It then moves on to a detailed analysis of the rule of succession in early Ireland. A lord or king had to be qualified for his office, and for this many considerations were taken into account, such as his pedigree, the status of his mother, his behaviour and his physical appearance. This is widely evidenced in legal material, saga literature, annals and other sources, and the author sets these notions in a wider context of various aspects of Irish political and social life, such as the division of the inheritance, loss of noble and royal status, clientship and suretyship. The meaning of the titles rígdamna and the office of tánaise ríg are also examined.
The Irish custom of succession forms the background to the tendency of close and distant relatives to compete for power and of the ruling dynasties to expand and fragment. It also explains why it was so difficult for one dynasty to become permanently paramount in Ireland. The book concludes with a discussion of the nature of the kingship of Tara.
Works edited
Contributions to journals
Jaski, Bart, “Dianchride and the Book of Dimma”, Peritia 32 (2021): 115–132.
abstract:
The Book of Dimma is an Irish pocket gospel book dated to the (late) eighth century. Recent scholarly views are that the first three gospels were commissioned by Dianchride of the Múscraige near Roscrea (or even written by him); that the name of the scribe Dimma that was written over erasures was a fraud inspired by a hagiographical tale in the Life of St Crónán of Roscrea; and that it is unknown when the Gospel of John was added to the other three gospels. These and other views are challenged and alternative explanations are proposed.
abstract:
The Book of Dimma is an Irish pocket gospel book dated to the (late) eighth century. Recent scholarly views are that the first three gospels were commissioned by Dianchride of the Múscraige near Roscrea (or even written by him); that the name of the scribe Dimma that was written over erasures was a fraud inspired by a hagiographical tale in the Life of St Crónán of Roscrea; and that it is unknown when the Gospel of John was added to the other three gospels. These and other views are challenged and alternative explanations are proposed.
Bart Jaski, “In memoriam Anders Ahlqvist (1945-2018)”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 77 (2018): 2.
Bart Jaski, “Een insulaire zoektocht”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 77 (2018): 13.
Bart Jaski, “De pure dichter”, in: Kelten: Jaarboek van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 1 (2017): 40.
Bart Jaski, “Sleutel en slot”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 74 (2017): 5.
Bart Jaski, “Lebor na hUidre onder de loep”, in: Kelten: Jaarboek van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 1 (2017): 32.
Bart Jaski, “Het canon van de hoge-koningen”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 72 (2017): 8.
Bart Jaski, “De pure dichter”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 70 (2016): 7.
Bart Jaski, “Lebor na hUidre onder de loep”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 69 (2016): 24.
Jaski, Bart, “The oldest datings of the Utrecht psalter: rudimentary palaeography in the early seventeenth century”, Quaerendo 45:1–2 (2015): 125–143.
abstract:
In the 1620s two attempts were made to date the Utrecht Psalter (c.830, in or around Reims): by its owner Robert Cotton and by the theologian James Ussher. Their results offer an insight into how a collector and a scholar practised palaeography before this became a modern study in the decades around 1700. The Utrecht Psalter, as well as the Cotton Genesis and other manuscripts, were dated in relation to their script, decoration and content. This case study underlines that the history of palaeography and codicology before Mabillon and Montfaucon is worth studying, not only in its own right, but also with regard to the development of humanism and its scholarly networks.
abstract:
In the 1620s two attempts were made to date the Utrecht Psalter (c.830, in or around Reims): by its owner Robert Cotton and by the theologian James Ussher. Their results offer an insight into how a collector and a scholar practised palaeography before this became a modern study in the decades around 1700. The Utrecht Psalter, as well as the Cotton Genesis and other manuscripts, were dated in relation to their script, decoration and content. This case study underlines that the history of palaeography and codicology before Mabillon and Montfaucon is worth studying, not only in its own right, but also with regard to the development of humanism and its scholarly networks.
Bart Jaski, “Schuld en boete [Review of: Rob Meens, Penance in medieval Europe, 600–1200 (2014)]”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 65 (2015): 12.
Bart Jaski, “De Ierse hand [Review of: Timothy O'Neill, The Irish hand: scribes and their manuscripts from the earliest times (2014)]”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 66 (2015): 17.
Bart Jaski, “Clontarf 1014: hoge-koningen versus vazallen? [Review of: Darren McGettigan, The battle of Clontarf, Good Friday, 1014 (2013)]”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 62 (2014): 12–13.
Bart Jaski, “Van Hamel-lezingen 2013: avonturen met (de) Welsh”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 62 (2014): 18.
Bart Jaski, “Sterrenparade [Review of: Charles Doherty (ed.) • Mary Kelly (ed.), Music and the stars: mathematics in medieval Ireland (2013)]”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 63 (2014): 8–9.
Bart Jaski, “Britse degelijkheid [Review of: Richard Gameson (ed.), The Cambridge history of the book in Britain: c. 400-1100, vol. 1 (2012)]”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 61 (2014): 20.
Bart Jaski, “Schotland en Ierland in Blaeu’s Atlas maior”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 58 (2013): 7–9.
Bart Jaski, “Een nieuwe editie van de Annalen van Roscrea”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 55 (2012): 5.
Bart Jaski, “Spiegelbeeld, vertel eens even…”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 55 (2012): 14.
Bart Jaski, “De archieven van en over Whitley Stokes [Review of: Elizabeth Boyle (ed.) • Paul Russell (ed.), The tripartite life of Whitley Stokes (1830-1909) (2011)]”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 53 (2012): 14.
Jaski, Bart, “Gevierde meesters [Review of: Cunningham, Bernadette, The Annals of the Four Masters: Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2010.]”, Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 49 (February, 2011): 11–12.
Bart Jaski, Ashwin E. Gohil, “Publicaties van Nederlandse keltologen 2010”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 52 (2011): 16.
Bart Jaski, “Gevierde meesters”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 49 (2011): 11–12.
Bart Jaski, Ashwin E. Gohil, “Publicaties van Nederlandse keltologen in 2009”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 48 (2010): 16–17.
Bart Jaski, “Terug naar de bron”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 46 (2010): 12.
Bart Jaski, “F****** leat! Drochchaint – níl a leithéid ann!”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 45 (2010): 18.
Bart Jaski, Rowan Huiskes, “Pieter Geyl in Ierland, 1917”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 44 (2009): 5.
Bart Jaski, “Piraten van de Ierse Zee”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 44 (2009): 13.
Bart Jaski, “Mijn favoriet object: De torc van Vix”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 43 (2009): 17.
Bart Jaski, “Het ziekbed van Cú Chulainn op toneel”, in: Kelten: Mededelingen van de Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies 43 (2009): 12.
Jaski, Bart, “Cú Chuimne, Ruben and the compilation of the Collectio Canonum Hibernensis”, Peritia 14 (2000): 51–69.
abstract:
The compilation of recension A of the Collectio canonum Hibernensis has been associated with Cú Chuimne of Iona and Ruben of Dairinis. Ruben may have been son of Broccán son of Connad of Tech Taille, who can be identified as a scholar mentioned in Commentarius in epistolas Catholicas and as Braccán of the Cíarraige in the genealogies. He belonged to the community of Munnu which maintained close bonds with that of Columba. Dairinis played a formative role in the development of the Céli dé. Cú Chuimne and Ruben cannot simply be regarded as Romani, and CCH is not simply a Romani text. Its form suggests that CCH was a practical guide for superiors in dealing with those under their authority, in spiritual and worldly matters. CCH complements native Irish law, with which it has close affinities but its direct influence on native Irish law still remains difficult to establish, and in any case this may not reflect the intentions of its compilers.
abstract:
The compilation of recension A of the Collectio canonum Hibernensis has been associated with Cú Chuimne of Iona and Ruben of Dairinis. Ruben may have been son of Broccán son of Connad of Tech Taille, who can be identified as a scholar mentioned in Commentarius in epistolas Catholicas and as Braccán of the Cíarraige in the genealogies. He belonged to the community of Munnu which maintained close bonds with that of Columba. Dairinis played a formative role in the development of the Céli dé. Cú Chuimne and Ruben cannot simply be regarded as Romani, and CCH is not simply a Romani text. Its form suggests that CCH was a practical guide for superiors in dealing with those under their authority, in spiritual and worldly matters. CCH complements native Irish law, with which it has close affinities but its direct influence on native Irish law still remains difficult to establish, and in any case this may not reflect the intentions of its compilers.
Contributions to edited collections or authored works
Jaski, Bart, “A supplement to the bibliography of Fergus Kelly, A guide to early Irish law”, Dennis Groenewegen [project director], CODECS: online database and e-resources for Celtic studies, Online: Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies, 2012–. URL: <https://www.vanhamel.nl/codecs/Supplement_to_GTEIL>.
A supplement to the bibliography of Fergus Kelly, A guide to early Irish law (1988). The supplement supersedes an earlier version which was first published on the website of Utrecht University.
A supplement to the bibliography of Fergus Kelly, A guide to early Irish law (1988). The supplement supersedes an earlier version which was first published on the website of Utrecht University.
includes: Bart Jaski, ‘Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib’, vol. 1 • Bart Jaski, ‘Do fhlaithusaib Hérenn’, vol. 1 • Bart Jaski, ‘Sex aetates mundi’, vol. 2
includes: Bart Jaski, ‘Cú Chulainn’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Éoganachta’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Féni’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Gaels’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Lebor Gabála’ • Bart Jaski, ‘O’Connor kings of Connacht’ • Bart Jaski, ‘tanistry’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Túatha Dé Danann’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Uí Néill’
includes: Bart Jaski, ‘Brian Boru’ • Bart Jaski, ‘kings and kingship’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Máel-Sechnaill I’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Máel-Sechnaill II’
Jaski, Bart, “Reconstructing Cáin Fhuithirbe”, Utrecht University website, Online: Utrecht University, 2005–.
abstract:
The early Irish law tract Cáin Fhuithirbe (ca. 680) is preserved in five fragments which contain glossed excerpts of the original text. This article is a preliminary attempt to reconstruct, as far as possible, the sequence of the original text by comparing the five extant fragments. The reconstructed text is given without glosses, translation or analysis. In one manuscript version of the tract, TCD 1363 (olim H. 4. 22), a page is missing which has not been noted previously.
Academia.edu – 2017 version, with minor revisions: <link>
abstract:
The early Irish law tract Cáin Fhuithirbe (ca. 680) is preserved in five fragments which contain glossed excerpts of the original text. This article is a preliminary attempt to reconstruct, as far as possible, the sequence of the original text by comparing the five extant fragments. The reconstructed text is given without glosses, translation or analysis. In one manuscript version of the tract, TCD 1363 (olim H. 4. 22), a page is missing which has not been noted previously.
includes: Bart Jaski, ‘aonach’ • Bart Jaski, ‘divorce, medieval’ • Bart Jaski, ‘high-kingship’ • Bart Jaski, ‘kingship’ • Bart Jaski, ‘marriage, early Irish’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Niall of the Nine Hostages’ • Bart Jaski, ‘tánaiste’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Tara, kingship of’ • Bart Jaski, ‘Vikings’ • Bart Jaski, ‘women, status of, 800-1200’
Jaski, Bart, “Leni van Strien-Gerritsen – een curriculum vitae”, in: Inge Genee, Bart Jaski, and Bernadette Smelik (eds), Arthur, Brigit, Conn, Deirdre... Verhaal, taal en recht in de Keltische wereld. Liber amicorum voor Leni van Strien-Gerritsen, Nijmegen: Stichting Uitgeverij de Keltische Draak, 2003. 12–13.
Jaski, Bart, “Opsporing verzocht! Conn van de Honderd Verdragen en het raadsel van de opgeloste wettekst”, in: Inge Genee, Bart Jaski, and Bernadette Smelik (eds), Arthur, Brigit, Conn, Deirdre... Verhaal, taal en recht in de Keltische wereld. Liber amicorum voor Leni van Strien-Gerritsen, Nijmegen: Stichting Uitgeverij de Keltische Draak, 2003. 111–128.
Jaski, Bart, “Kings and overkings. Propaganda for pre-eminence in early medieval Ireland”, in: Martin Gosman, Arie Johan Vanderjagt, and Jan R. Veenstra (eds), The propagation of power in the medieval West. Selected Proceedings of the International Conference, Groningen, 20-23 November 1996, Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 1997. 163–176.
