Texts
Canones Adomnani
Incoming data
A collection of 20 canons concerning the regulation of food. It is attributed to Adomnán.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
London, British Library, MS Cotton Otho E xiii
incipit: Maritima animalia ad litora deleta
ff. 141v–135r
MS
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 3182
rubric: Item Adompnanus Medullas ossuum cervorum Final two canons (19-20) of the text only.
p. 283
Text
pp. 164 (beginning), 173–175 (complete text), 283 (end)
MS
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 3182
rubric: Incipiunt canones Adomnani incipit: Marina animalia ad littora Beginning only.
p. 164
MS
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 3182
incipit: Marina animalia ad litora delata
p. 173–
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.] Ó Néill, Pádraig P., and David N. Dumville [eds. and trs.], Cáin Adomnáin and Canones Adomnani, Basic Texts in Gaelic History, 2, Cambridge: Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge, 2003.
[ed.] [tr.] Bieler, Ludwig [ed.], and D. A. Binchy [appendix], The Irish penitentials, Scriptores Latini Hiberniae, 5, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1963.
176–181 (text and translation); 9, 12–14, 22–26 (comments)
[ed.] Wasserschleben, F. W. H., Die Bussordnungen der abendländischen Kirche: nebst einer rechtsgeschichtlichen Einleitung, Halle: Ch. Graeger, 1851.
Internet Archive: <link>
120–123
[tr.] McNeill, John T., and Helena M. Gamer, Medieval handbooks of penance; a translation of the principal libri poenitentiales and selections from related documents, Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies, 29, New York: Columbia University Press, 1938.
comments: Reprinted in 1965 and 1991.
131–134 (translation); 130–131 (introduction)
Secondary sources (select)
Lapidge, Michael, and Richard Sharpe, A bibliography of Celtic-Latin literature, 400-1200, Royal Irish Academy Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources, Ancillary Publications, 1, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1985.
176 [id. 609.]
Vogel, Cyrille, Les Libri paenitentiales, Typologie des sources du moyen Âge occidental, 27, Turnhout: Brepols, 1978.
64
External links
Canons of Adomnán - Penance, Penitential Tradition, and Pastoral Care in the Middle Ages. The present entry has greatly benefited from this overview. A monograph by Elaine Farrell, which will include discussion of the Canones Adomnani, should be out on Brepols soon.
