Texts
Hos Karolo regi versus Hibernicus exul
Incoming data
Latin poem addressed to Charlemagne and reflecting on his conflict with Tassilo III, duke of Bavary, whom he deposed in 788. The poem is preserved, in fragmentary form (103 hexametrical lines), in a single manuscript (Vatican, BAV, MS Reg. lat. 2078) and was written by an anonymous Irishman known from the heading as Hibernicus Exul.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Reg. lat. 2078
rubric: Hos Karolo regi versus Hibernicus exul incipit: Dum proceres mundi regem venerare videntur Dümmler: verse II.
f. 117v–
MS
Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Reg. lat. 2078
incipit: Armillas grandi gemmarum pondere et auri Final portion of the poem.
f. 119r
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.] Dümmler, Ernst [ed.], Poetae Latini aevi Carolini, vol. 1, MGH Antiquitates, Berlin: Weidmann, 1881.
Dmgh.de: <link>
396–397
