Texts
Betha Grighora
Incoming data
Middle Irish homily on Gregory the Great, containing a series of miracle-stories connected with Gregory, framed between a prologue and epilogue.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/16 (cols 573-958)
rubric: Proigept Grigoir Rōma incipit: Tunc dicet rex his qui a dextris eius sunt A narrative break is suggested by the use of Finit at the end of col. 859 (p. 164b). Omits par. 14.
pp. 164a–166b cols 858–863
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319/pp. 397b-432
rubric: Praecept Grigoir andso sis incipit: Tunc dicet rex his qui a dextris [eius] sunt Omits par. 14. Many of the individual episodes conclude with Finit or Finit. Amen.
pp. 423b.23–428
Text
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.5
incipit: Dia mbui Grigoir Roma oc imtecht feruind na Poinnti feacht ann The beginning (the first three paragraphs as numbered in Vendryes' edition) is wanting.
f. 5ra.1 ff
Text
London, British Library, MS Egerton 91
incipit: Tunc dicet rex his qui a dexstris eius erunt There is a copy of this version in one of the O'Curry MSS in Maynooth.
f. 30c
Text
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS celtique 1/V, VII (ff. 30-57, 74-117)
rubric: Betha Grighora and so incipit: Tunc dicet rex his qui a dexstris eius sunt
f. 41r-42v
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.] Grosjean, Paul, “Quelques textes irlandais sur saint Grégoire le Grand”, Revue Celtique 46 (1929): 223–251.
Gallica: <link>
Text edited from (I) the Edinburgh MS, (II) TCD 1319, and (III) Egerton 91. Also incl. an edition of the episode of § 11.
[ed.] [tr.] Vendryes, J., “Betha Grighora”, Revue Celtique 42 (1925): 119–153.
Gallica: <link>
Edited from the Paris MS, with variants from YBL in notes, with introduction and notes.
Secondary sources (select)
Herbert, Máire, “Representation of Gregory the Great in Irish sources of the pre-Viking era”, in: Elizabeth Mullins, and Diarmuid Scully (eds), Listen, o Isles, unto me: studies in medieval word and image in honour of Jennifer O'Reilly, Cork: Cork University Press, 2011. 181–190.
185–186
Flower, Robin, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the [British Library, formerly the] British Museum, vol. 2, London: British Museum, 1926.
Plummer, Charles, “A tentative catalogue of Irish hagiography”, in: Charles Plummer, Miscellanea hagiographica Hibernica: vitae adhuc ineditae sanctorum Mac Creiche, Naile, Cranat, 15, Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1925. 171–285.
