Witness list
- L: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454], f. 112vc, line 20ff.
- Lism: Chatsworth (Derbyshire), Book of Lismore [s. xv], f. 185 (143)va, line 19ff.
- G: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 25 (258) [s. xix], p. 112.
Unknown author
Edited by Kuno Meyer
Whole text
- p.215
- Trí cémenn 1 cindti do chách
is ferr cingfes nech co bráth: 2
céim torroma 3 lobair lis,
céim d'ailithri, céim d'eclais. - Mad daris co céle nDé,
longaid, lúassaid imma-lle,
in ba 4 maith la cách do-gné
isind aracul 5 i mbé. - Mairg bís ar sligid 6 báeguil
is mairg ailter cen ríagail,
mithig anad do báesaib,
nocha n-iar n-áesaib tíagair 7 .
Ein Spruch Adamnans
Adamnán cecinit.
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Title statement
Title (uniform): Ein Spruch Adamnans
Title (firstline): Trí cémenn cindti do chách
Editor: Kuno Meyer
Responsibility statement
Electronic edition contributed by: Dennis Groenewegen
Funded by: University College, Cork, School of History
Edition statement
1. First draft.
Extent: 636 words
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Publisher: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
Address: College Road, Cork, Ireland—http://www.ucc.ie/celt
Date: 2014
Distributor: CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
CELT document ID: G400076
Availability: Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.
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Manuscript Source
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454], f. 112vc, line 20ff; 3 quatrains.
- Chatsworth (Derbyshire), Book of Lismore [s. xv], f. 185 (143) va, line 19ff, beginning: 'Tri ceimeann cindti do chach', 3 quatrains. Digital manuscript images are available on ISOS (www.isos.dias.ie).
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 25 (258) [s. xix], p. 112.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 C 19 (726) [s. xix], p. 132.
Internet availability of Meyer's annotated edition
- See http://www.ucc.ie/academic/smg/CDI/PDFs_textarchive/Meyer_Neue_Mitteilungen_ACL3.pdf
Information on Kuno Meyer and his works
- See http://mujweb.cz/enelen/km.htm
- See also the bibliographic resources on http://www.vanhamel.nl/wiki/Meyer_1907a4
- See also http://www.ucc.ie/celt/meyer.html
The edition used in the digital edition
‘Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Ein Spruch Adamnans [Trí cémenn cindti do chách]’ (1907). In: Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie 1. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, p. 215.
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@article{G400076, editor = {Kuno Meyer}, title = {Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Ein Spruch Adamnans [Trí cémenn cindti do chách]}, journal = {Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie}, number = {3}, number = {1}, address = {Halle a. d. Saale}, publisher = {Max Niemeyer}, date = {1907}, pages = {215} }
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Project description: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
Editorial declarations
Correction: Text has been checked and proof-read twice.
Normalization: The electronic text represents the edited text on p 215.
Quotation: There are no quotations.
Hyphenation: The editor's practice has been retained.
Segmentation: div0= the poem. Page-breaks are marked pb n=""; manuscript foliation is not given, since all indicated manuscripts were used in this edition.
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Profile description
Creation: Ascribed to Adamnán (Adomnán) of Iona Old Irish period.
Language usage
- The text is in Old Irish. (ga)
- The supplied title is in German. (de)
Keywords: poetry; medieval; religious; Adamnán
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(Most recent first)
- 2014-07-28: Header created using details available at the Van Hamel Stichting website. File proofed (2); file parsed; SGML and HTML files created. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2014-07-25: Donated a proofed and encoded XML version of the file to CELT. (ed. Dennis Groenewegen, Stichting A. G. van Hamel)