Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G400020

A Maire mín, maithingen

Author: [unknown]

Background details and bibliographic information

File Description

Electronic edition compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin

Funded by University College, Cork and
Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project.

2. Second draft, revised and corrected.

Extent of text: 1093 words

Publication

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
College Road, Cork, Ireland— http://www.ucc.ie/celt

(1996) (2010)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G400020

Availability [RESTRICTED]

The hard copy on which the present electronic edition is based is copyright by Oxford University Press, and is here used by kind permission of the publishers.

Sources

    Manuscript sources
  1. Oxford, Bodleian Libary, Laud 614, p. 90 (L).
  2. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 967, p. 90 (olim 23 N 10, see Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy fasc. 22, 2769). (N).
  3. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 1080, f. 137r (olim B iv 2, see Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy fasc. 24, 3021).
    Editions
  1. Charles Plummer, Irish Litanies (London 1925) 96–99.
  2. John Strachan, Anecdoton, Ériu 1 (1904) 122.
  3. Paul Walsh, An Irish Hymn to the Blessed Virgin, Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 4th series, 29 (1911) 172–177.
    Translations
  1. Kuno Meyer, Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry (London 1911) 32 sq.
  2. Charles Plummer, Irish Litanies (London 1925) 96-99.
  3. Paul Walsh, An Irish Hymn to the Blessed Virgin, Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 4th series, 29 (1911) 172-177.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Gerard Murphy, Invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century, Ed. Gerard Murphy. , Oxford, Clarendon Press (1956) page 46–50

Encoding

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CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

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All editorial introduction, translation, glossary, notes and indexes have been omitted. Editorial corrigenda are integrated into the electronic edition. Only the text of the Murphy's edition is retained, and for this electronic edition the variants cited by Murphy are not reproduced. A full citation of variants is likely in a future electronic edition.

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Quotation

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Interpretation

Names of persons (given names and surnames), groups (dynasties, tribes, peoples etc.), places are tagged. Numbers and dates are tagged.

Profile Description

Created: By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria Date range: c.1000–1100.

Use of language

Language: [GA] The text is in Middle Irish.
Language: [LA] One word is in Latin.
Language: [EN] Subtitle is in English.

Revision History