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Extent: 1455 words

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Manuscript sources

1. A. Karlsruhe, Landesbibliothek, MS Augiensis CCXXI (saec. viii).
2. B. Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, MS A. VII.3 (saec. ix).
3. C. Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1441 (olim E. 4. 2) (saec. xi).
4. D. UCD, OFM-A 2 (olim Killiney, Co Dublin, Franciscan Library at Dún Mhuire, MS A 2).

Editions and Translations

1. J. H. Bernard and Robert Atkinson (ed), The Irish Liber Hymnorum i, Henry Bradshaw Society 13 (London 1898) 33–34; the praefatio and glosses in Irish and Latin from MSS C and D, printed in this edition, pp 32–34, and translated in J. H. Bernard and Robert Atkinson (ed), The Irish Liber Hymnorum ii, Henry Bradshaw Society 14 (London 1898) 17 (praefatio only) are not re-produced in this electronic edition.
2. Clemens Blume (ed), Hymnodia Hiberno-Celtica saeculi V.–IX in Analecta Hymnica 51, pars altera (Leipzig 1908) no. 233, pp 305–06. It is in Patrologia Latina Supplementum iv, 2081.
3. David R. Howlett, Five experiments in textual reconstruction and analysis IV. Cú Chuimne's Hymn, Cantemus in omni die in Peritia 9 (1995) 19–30. [Translation on pp 26–27.]

Sources, comment on the texts, and secondary literature

1. E. Coccia, La cultura irlandese precarolingia: miracolo o mito?, Studi medievali, ser. terza, 8 (1967) pp 297–98 (practically worthless).
2. David R. Howlett. op. cit. (fundamental).
3. J. F. Kenney, Sources for the early history of Ireland: ecclesiastical (Columbia 1929), item 98, pp 269–70.

The edition used in the digital edition

‘Five experiments in textual reconstruction and analysis IV. Cú Chuimne’s Hymn, Cantemus in omni die’ (1995). In: Peritia‍ 9. Ed. by Donnchadh Ó Corráin, pp. 19–30.

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  title 	 = {Five experiments in textual reconstruction and analysis IV. Cú Chuimne's Hymn, Cantemus in omni die},
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  address 	 = {Turnhout},
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All editorial introduction, translation, and commentary have been omitted. The editor presents two separate editions: a text that marks prosodic features (rhyme and alliteration) and a plain text representing the editor's view of the form of the text. The electronic text is that of the latter in all respects, except that the typographical indentation of the last five lines is not retained. All variants recorded by the editor have been retained and these are tagged as variants. Note that in the case of MS B lines 15–16 are absent and in the case of MS A lines 27–31 are absent.

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Creation: By Cú Chuimne sapiens, a monastic scholar of Iona. c.700–747

Language usage

• The text is in Latin. (la)
• Some German in witness list in front matter. (de)
• Some English in witness list in front matter. (en)

Keywords: religious; poetry; medieval; hymn

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(Most recent first)

1. 2011-01-26: Conversion script run; new wordcount made. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
2. 2008-09-03: Keywords added; file validated. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
3. 2008-07-25: Value of div0 "type" attribute modified, creation tags edited; content of 'langUsage' checked; minor modifications made to header. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
4. 2005-08-25: Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion (ed. Julianne Nyhan)
5. 2005-08-04T16:17:42+0100: Converted to XML (ed. Peter Flynn)
6. 1997-09-16: Header modified; file parsed using SGMLS. (ed. Margaret Lantry)
7. 1997-09-05: Header re-structured; text parsed using SGMLS. (ed. Margaret Lantry)
8. 1996-03-28: Text parsed using SGMLS. (ed. Mavis Cournane)
9. 1996-03: Citations of the author's MSS variants added and checked. Lineation checked and verified. TEI.2 header created. (ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin)
10. 1996-01-03: Text captured from the editor's digital version. (ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin)
11. 1995-03-07: Structural mark-up added and proper names tagged. (ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin)