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Dá brón flatha nime

Incoming data

A catalogue entry is available.

Middle Irish tract about the prophets Enoch and Elijah.

Manuscript witnesses

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 

incipit: Héle co mbí fo chrund bethad hi pardus ⁊ soscela ina laim do phrecept dona hénaib út.   Incomplete. Beginning wanting due to a lacuna.

p. 17a.1–p. 18a.24

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 

Redaction 1.

ff. 47–49  

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29/pp. 17-216 

f. 72b = p. 114

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29/pp. 17-216 

Redaction 2.

pp. 114a–115b   

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/16 (cols 573-958) 

p. 120.24 = col. 770b.24

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/16 (cols 573-958) 

Redaction 2.

col. 770b  

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 

Redaction 2.

ff. 280a–281a  

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 

incipit: DA brón flatha nime.   

p. 280a–p. 281a

MS

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS celtique 1/I, IV (ff. 1-8, 22-29) 

f. 27vb–f. 28rb

Text

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS celtique 1/I, IV (ff. 1-8, 22-29) 

Redaction 2.

ff. 27v*b–28r*b  

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.] Volmering, Nicole, “Dá brón flatha nime: a semi-diplomatic edition, translation and verbal analysis of version LL fol. 280a-281a”, M.Phil dissertation, Trinity College, Dublin, 2009.

[ed.] [tr.] Dottin, Georges [ed. and French tr.], “Les deux chagrins du royaume du ciel”, Revue Celtique 21 (1900): 349–387.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

[tr.] Herbert, Máire [tr.], and Martin McNamara [notes], “[Old Testament] 6. The two sorrows of the kingdom of heaven”, in: Máire Herbert, and Martin McNamara (eds), Irish biblical apocrypha: selected texts in translation, Edinburgh: Clark, 1989. 19–21, 168–169.

Secondary sources (select)

Kenney, James F., “Chapter VII: Religious literature and ecclesiastical culture”, 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. 622–744.

738 (§ 614) [id. 614.]