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Beatha Cholaim Chille (Maghnus Ó Domhnaill)
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Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 514
The principal manuscript
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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.] OʼKelleher, Andrew, and Gertrude Schoepperle, Betha Colaim Chille: Life of Columcille. Compiled by Manus O'Donnell in 1532. Edited and translated from manuscript Rawlinson B. 514 in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, University of Illinois Bulletin, 15.48, Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois, 1918.
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Edition based on a photograph of Rawl. B 514 “kindly lent us by Dr. Kuno Meyer”. In a footnote, it is remarked that there “is a good copy in the Franciscan Convent, Dublin” (A 8 or A 23?), but it appears not to have been consulted for this edition.
Series in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie:
[ed.] [tr.] Henebry, Richard, “The Life of Columb Cille”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901): 516–571.
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§§ 1–64
[ed.] [tr.] Henebry, Richard, “Betha Coluimb Cille (continuation)”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 4 (1903): 276–331.
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§§ 65–111
[ed.] [tr.] Henebry, Richard, “Betha Coluimb Cille (continuation)”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 5 (1905): 26–87.
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§§ 112–156
[ed.] [tr.] Kelleher, Andrew, “Betha Coluimb Chille”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 9 (1913): 242–287, 340 (corrigenda).
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§§ 157–203
[ed.] [tr.] Kelleher, Andrew, “Betha Coluimb Chille (continuation)”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 10 (1915): 228–265.
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§§ 204–232
[ed.] [tr.] Kelleher, Andrew, “Betha Coluimb Chille (continuation)”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 11 (1917): 114–147.
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§§ 233–261
Secondary sources (select)
Ó Súilleabháin, Pádraig, “Beatha Cholaim Chille: an chóip atá i LS A 8”, Celtica 11 (1976): 203–213.
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.
442 [id. 221.]
