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Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 

pp. 29–32   

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336/6.1 

182 titles

col. 797–col. 799

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336/6.1 

182 titles, written by Hand A.

col. 797  

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 

187 titles.

pp. 189b–190b   

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 

incipit: DO nemthigud filed i scélaib & i comgnimaib in so sís da n-asnís do rigaib & flathib [...]   Tale-list A, with prose introduction

p. 189b–p. 190b

Text

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.7 

f. 7rb  

Text

London, British Library, MS Harley 432 

Corresponding to CIH ii: 349 = ALI I, 44–46

f. 3d  

Text

London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 

ff. 47 and 58rv  

MS

London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 

f. 58r–f. 63r

MS

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/I (ff. 101-122, 1-36, 45-52) 

Version B.

f. 109rb–f. 111ra

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/I (ff. 101-122, 1-36, 45-52) 

ff. 109r col. 2 – 111r col. 1  

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.] Mac Cana, Proinsias, The learned tales of medieval Ireland, Dublin: DIAS, 1980.

Editions of all versions (A, B and X)

[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 4, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1965. xxvii + pp. 761-1117.

CELT – pp. 761-781 and 785-841: <link>

835–837 List A in LL direct link

[ed.] Byrne, Mary E., “Airec menman Uraird maic Coisse”, in: Osborn Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 2, Halle and Dublin, 1908. 42–76.  

comments: An edition of Airec menman Uraird maic Coisse

Celtic Digital Initiative: <link> Scéla – transcribed by Štĕpán Kosík: <link>

List B

Secondary sources (select)

d'Arbois de Jubainville, Marie-Henri, Essai d'un catalogue de la littérature épique de l'Irlande: précédé d'une étude sur les manuscripts en langue irlandaise conservés dans les Iles Britanniques et sur le continent, Paris: Thorin, 1883.  

comments: Addenda are to be found in Kuno Meyer, ‘Anecdota from the Stowe MS. n° 992’, Revue Celtique 6 (1883–1885): 187–191. Reprinted: Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1969.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Dobbs, Margaret E., “Notes on the lists of Irish historic tales”, Journal of Celtic Studies 2 (1953–1958): 45–58.

Mac Cana, Proinsias, The learned tales of medieval Ireland, Dublin: DIAS, 1980.

OʼCurry, Eugene, Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history, delivered at the Catholic University of Ireland during the sessions of 1855 and 1856, Dublin, 1861.

Internet Archive: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – Originally from Google Books: <link>, <link>, <link> Internet Archive – multiple copies: <link>

584ff (Appendix LXXXIX)

Toner, Gregory, “Reconstructing the earliest Irish tale lists”, Éigse 32 (2000): 88–120.

Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921.  

Contents: Part 1 (chapters 1-23): Allgemeines; Part 2 (chapters 1-85): Die Ulter Sage.

Internet Archive: <link>