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Apgitir chrábaid

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Manuscript witnesses

MS

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340 

rubric: De verbis Colmáin maco Bonae   incipit: Is dual duit   Fragment only

f. 65r–f. 65

Text

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340 

Copy.

f. 65r  

Text

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104 

Fragment.

f. 6r  p. 1  

Text

Cork, University College, Book of Lismore 

f. 81v  

Text

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 10/2 

pp. 46, 48   

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 B 23 

pp. 47a (line 22)–51   

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 

No title heading. Some glosses.

pp. 44 (line 1)–48   

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3/ff. 1-19 

Fragment 'A'

f. 15v  

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3/ff. 1-19 

Fragment 'A'

f. 18v  

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/5 (cols. 217-280) 

rubric: Apgitir crabuid   A maxim. Fragment.

p. 410b.17 = col. 228b.17–col. 229

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/5 (cols. 217-280) 

Fragment.

p. 410  cols 228–229

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/15 

Catechism, beginning with the maxims of St. Fursa; cf: col. 228.

p. 252 = col. 570–col. 572

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/15 

pp. 252–253 (facsimile)   cols 570–572

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337/3 (pp. 15-58) 

rubric: De prudentissimo homine   Concluding paragraph only.

p. 40a.24

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337/3 (pp. 15-58) 

Fragment.

p. 40.  

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1363 

p. 60  

Text

London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782 

f. 45r  

MS

London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782 

Incomplete copy.

f. 45r

Text

London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 

ff. 39v–41r  

MS

London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 

f. 39v–f. 41r

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/III (ff. 75B-100, 37-44) 

ff. 37r (col. a, 1)–39r (col. a¹  

MS

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/III (ff. 75B-100, 37-44) 

"The alphabet of piety"

f. 37r–f. 39r

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.] Hull, Vernam [ed. and tr.], “Apgitir chrábaid: the alphabet of piety”, Celtica 8 (1968): 44–89.  

Critical edition from all manuscripts.

Critical edition from all manuscripts.

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: IV. Aus Harleian 5280. Das Apgitir Crábaid des Colmán maccu Béognae”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901): 447–455.

CELT – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – all Mitteilungen in ZCP 3: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Edition based on Harleian 5280.

[tr.] Clancy, Thomas Owen, and Gilbert Márkus, Iona: the earliest poetry of a Celtic monastery, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1995.

195–207 (translation, with introduction).

[tr.] Carey, John, King of Mysteries: early Irish religious writings, 2nd ed., Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000.

231–245 (translation).

Secondary sources (select)

Follett, Westley, Céli Dé in Ireland: monastic writing and identity in the early Middle Ages, Studies in Celtic History, 23, Woodbridge, 2006.

Hull, Vernam, “The date of Aipgitir Crábaid”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 25 (1956): 88–90.

Ó Néill, Pádraig, “The date and authorship of Apgitir Chrábaid: some internal evidence”, in: Próinséas Ní Chatháin, and Michael Richter (eds), Irland und die Christenheit: Bibelstudien und Mission. Ireland and Christendom: the Bible and the missions, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1987. 203–215.

Kenney, James F., “Chapter V: The monastic churches: II. The churches of the sixth to ninth centuries; general treatises”, in: James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Revised ed., 11, New York: Octagon, 1966. 372–485.

472 [id. 265.]