Texts
The monastery of Tallaght
Incoming data
Text on the precepts and religious habits of Máel Ruain, first abbot of Tallaght, and his pupil Máel Díthruib, of Terryglass.(1)n. 1 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 101–102.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3/ff. 1-19
rubric: Bithbin menadaighi is e a h-uchtaras incipit: Robhoi telchomarc már a Muigh Lena do naebaib Erenn Fragment corresponding to ch. 73–74.
f. 14v
Text
Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 31.10
10 folios. Early Modern Irish version.
Text
Rome, St Isidore's College, MS W 21.4
4 pages. Fragment translated into Latin.
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.] Scarre, Annie M. [ed.], “Bithbin menadaige”, in: Osborn Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 1, Halle and Dublin, 1907. 75.
Internet Archive: <link>
Ch. 73–74 from RIA MS 23 P 3.
[tr.] Ní Dhonnchadha, Máirín [ed.], “Mary, Eve and the Church (c. 600-1800)”, in: Angela Bourke, Siobhán Kilfeather, and Maria Luddy [et al.] (eds), The Field Day anthology of Irish writing, vol. IV: Irish women's writing and traditions, Cork: Cork University Press, 2002. 45–165.
105–106 Excerpts in English translation.
[tr.] McNeill, John T., and Helena M. Gamer, Medieval handbooks of penance; a translation of the principal libri poenitentiales and selections from related documents, Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies, 29, New York: Columbia University Press, 1938.
comments: Reprinted in 1965 and 1991.
422ff (App. 2) Excerpts in English translation.
Secondary sources (select)
Follett, Westley, Céli Dé in Ireland: monastic writing and identity in the early Middle Ages, Studies in Celtic History, 23, Woodbridge, 2006.
Kenney, James F., “Chapter V: The monastic churches: II. The churches of the sixth to ninth centuries; general treatises”, 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. 372–485.
471–472 (§ 264) [id. 264. ‘Notes on the customs of Tallaght’]
