Texts

Manuscript witnesses

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 17 
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pp. 226–253   
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pp. 247–256   
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pp. 25–39   
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pp. 253–268   
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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 C 55 
A manuscript formerly in Macalister's personal collection, written by Seón Mac Solaidh at Stackallen, Co. Meath, in 1718. Macalister, who considered it to be the "best and oldest MS.", took this version as the base text for his edition.
pp. 444–468   
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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1335 
Headed by a drawing depicting two knights on horseback.
pp. 1–23   
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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1342 
The vision of Merlino’
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ff. 112a–?125b  
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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1412 
‘Imeacht Mherlíno Maligno’
pp. 83–106   
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London, British Library, MS Egerton 140 
Abstract only, deemed "badly written and almost worthless" by Macalister

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.] Macalister, R. A. S. [ed. and tr.], Fís Mherlíno: The vision of Merlino, an Irish allegory, Dublin: Gill, 1905.
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A thoroughly revised version of the edition and translation which appeared in ZCP 4 (1903).
[ed.] [tr.] Macalister, R. A. S. [ed. and tr.], “The vision of Merlino”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 4 (1903): 394–455.
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Secondary sources (select)

Stokes, Whitley, “Miscellen 4-6”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 5 (1905): 185–188.
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