Texts
Ecce fulget clarissima
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Latin office hymn in praise of St Patrick.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 80/ff. 99-180
Atkinson’s MS witness W. The text forms part of an office for Patrick.
f. 122
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1441
Added, like the hymn for Brigit which follows it, in a later hand.
f. 29r
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1441
incipit: Ecce fulgit clarissima Patricii solempnitas Hymn to St Patrick, added in a later hand.
f. 32r
Sources
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[ed.] [tr.] Furlong, Senan, “The medieval office of St Patrick”, in: Ann Buckley (ed.), Music, liturgy, and the veneration of saints of the medieval Irish church in a European context, Turnhout: Brepols, 2017. 185–204.
203–204 (appendix)
[ed.] Blume, Clemens, “Pars altera: Hymnodia Hiberno-Celtica saeculi V.IX.”, in: Clemens Blume [ed.], Die Hymnen des Thesaurus Hymnologicus H. A. Daniels und andere Hymnen-Ausgaben. I. Die Hymnen des 5.-11. Jahrhunderts und die Irisch-Keltische Hymnodie aus den ältesten Quellen, 51, Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1908. 257–364.
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346–347 [id. 253. ‘In sancti Patricii’]
[ed.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson [eds.], The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 1: Text and introduction, Henry Bradshaw Society, 13, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.
comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation
Volume 2: Translation
[ed.] Dreves, Guido Maria, Hymni inediti: liturgische Hymnen des Mittelaters aus Handschriften und Wiegendrucken, vierte Folge, Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, 19, Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1895.
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233 Edition based on TCD 1441 and TCD 80.
[ed.] [tr.] Wright, Charles H. H., The writings of St. Patrick: the apostle of Ireland, 3rd ed., London: Religious Tract Society, 1894.
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39–41
[ed.] Colgan, John, Triadis Thaumaturgæ seu divorum Patricii, Columbæ et Brigidæ, trium veteris et maioris Scotiæ, seu Hiberniæ sanctorum insulae communium patronorum acta, Louvain: apud Cornelium Coenestenium, 1647.
comments: The title page reads in full (normalised spellng): Triadis Thaumaturgæ, seu divorum Patricii, Columbæ, et Brigidæ, trium veteris et majoris Scotiæ, seu Hiberniæ, Sanctorum insulæ, communium patronorum acta, a variis, iisque pervetustis ac Sanctis, authoribus Scripta, ac studio R.P.F. Joannis Colgani, in conventu F.F. Minor. Hibernor, Stritior, Observ., Lovanii, S. Theologiæ Lectoris Jubilati, ex variis bibliothecis collecta, scholiis et commentariis illustrata, et pluribus appendicibus aucta; complectitur tomus secundus sacrarum ejusdem insulæ antiquitatum, nunc primum in lucem prodiens.
Secondary sources (select)
Furlong, Senan, “The medieval office of St Patrick”, in: Ann Buckley (ed.), Music, liturgy, and the veneration of saints of the medieval Irish church in a European context, Turnhout: Brepols, 2017. 185–204.
Bieler, Ludwig, “The Irish Book on hymns: a palaeographical study”, Scriptorium 2:2 (1948): 177–194.
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Kenney, James F., “Chapter IV: The monastic churches, their founders and traditions: I. The primitive foundations”, 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. 288–371.
349 (no. 141 no. vii) [id. 141. ‘Hymn in praise of Patrick’]
Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson, The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translation and notes, Henry Bradshaw Society, 14, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.
comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation
Volume 2: Translation
