Texts

A maccucáin sruith in tíag

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Manuscript witnesses

Text

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340

MS

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340

rubric: S. Adamnani canones ar slicht senlibuir Ratha Bothae incipit: Sa h-amra an ti Adamnan Prose introduction and poem (A maccucáin, sruith in tíag); also a poem on Adomnán's pedigree (Adomnán rohalt in Hí).

f. 83r

Text

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 4190-4200

MS

Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 3

rubric: Isé inso lín na martra ut Adomnanus cc incipit: A maccucain isruith 18 qq.

p. 370[16]d7

Text

Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 3

Prose introduction and poem (18 qq)

f. 16d = LL 370e

Text

London, British Library, MS Harley 5280

f. 27

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.

[ed.] [tr.] Carney, James P., “A maccucáin, sruith in tíag”, Celtica 15 (1983): 25–41.

[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, Lucius, “The reliquary of Adamnán”, Archivium Hibernicum 4 (1915): 199–214.

Based on Harleian 5280, with variants from

Secondary sources (select)

Carney, James P., “The dating of early Irish verse texts, 500–1100”, Éigse 19 (1982–1983): 177–216.