Texts

Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemne

Incoming data

Old Irish saga about the slaying of the Ulster hero Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach’s revenge, Cú Chulainn’s ‘phantom speech’ (síabur-chobra) delivered after his death and a lament by Emer.

Manuscript witnesses

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337/19 (pp. 565-628)

rubric: In Brislech co sin Extracts, with glosses, from Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemni (= Aided Chon Chulainn)

p. 601–p. 603

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337/19 (pp. 565-628)

Glossed extracts from the text, here referred to as ‘In Brislech co sin’. Incl. extracts from the part that is missing in LL.

pp. 601–603

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339

incipit: [...] nad fordamarsa gol ban ⁊ mac cen etráin forru cosindiu Acephalous: the beginning of the text, possibly a single leaf, is lost. Roscada are marked with .r. in the margins.

pp. 119a–123b

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339

Beginning missing (the title supplied in the diplomatic edition is Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemni). Subheadings include: ‘Beochobra Con Culaind isind ló fúair bás’ (119b); ‘Siaburchobra Con Culaind i llathiu a éitsechta’ (122b); ‘Cu Chulaind atbert. De aduentu Christi’ (122b); ‘Nuallguba Emire in so’ (123a).

p. 119a–p. 123b

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.] Kimpton, Bettina [ed. and tr.], The death of Cú Chulainn. A critical edition of the earliest version of Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemni, Maynooth Medieval Irish Texts, 6, Maynooth: School of Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, 2009.

Based on LL and H 3. 18

[ed.] Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed.], Zu irischen Handschriften und Litteraturdenkmälern [I], Abhandlungen der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Philologisch-Historische Klasse, 14.2, Berlin, 1912.

comments: Continued by Rudolf Thurneysen, Zu irischen Handschriften und Litteraturdenkmälern II (1913).

13–19 H 3. 18

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “Cuchulainn’s death [abridged from the Book of Leinster, ff. 77, a 1 – 78, b 2]”, Revue Celtique 3 (1876–1878): 175–185, 152.

Internet Archive: <link>, <link>, <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>

Part of the LL text.

[tr.] Tymoczko, Maria [tr.], Two death tales from the Ulster Cycle: The death of Cu Roi and The death of Cu Chulainn, Dolmen Texts, 2, Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1981.

The first complete English translation, including verse sections.

[tr.] Carey, John [tr.], “[Various contributions]”, in: John T. Koch, and John Carey (eds), The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales, 4th ed., 1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003. [Various].

§86 LL version

[tr.] d'Arbois de Jubainville, Marie-Henri [tr.], “[Various contributions]”, in: Marie-Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville (ed.), L’épopée celtique en Irlande, 5, Paris: Thorin, 1892. [Various].

Internet Archive: <link>

326–354

Secondary sources (select)

Pokorny, Julius, “Germanisch-irisches [1. Nochmals altir. gildae; 2. Germanische Lehnworte im Irischen]”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 111–129.

Internet Archive: <link>

Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921.

Contents: Part 1 (chapters 1-23): Allgemeines; Part 2 (chapters 1-85): Die Ulter Sage.

Internet Archive: <link>

547–556