Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G100012

The Annals in Cotton MS. Titus A. XXV

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A. Martin Freeman

Electronic edition compiled by Ruth Murphy

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

1. First draft, revised and corrected.

Extent of text: 23100 words

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(2003)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G100012

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Sources

    Manuscripts
  1. London, British Library, Cotton MS. Titus A. XXV. 13th century (1228–1257); mostly Anglo-Norman minuscule with some Irish characteristics; origin the Cistercian Abbey of Boyle (founded 1148) and continued in the Premonstratensian Abbey of Holy Trinity Island on Loch Cé. The first part of the MS, down to 1228, is a copy in a single hand, made of annals, beginning with biblical times and principally originating in the Abbey of Boyle. From 1228 to its conclusion at 1257 it is a series of contemporary annals made at the Abbey of Holy Trinity Island.
    Editions and Translations
  1. A. Martin Freeman (ed. and trans.), 'The annals in Cotton MS Titus A. XXV', Revue Celtique 41 (1924) 301–30; 42 (1925) 283–305; 43 (1926) 358–384; 44 (1927) 336–361;
  2. British Library Catalogue i 4-14 [with an edition of four specimens of the Irish text, with translation and the text of the marginalia].
    Secondary Literature
  1. Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history (Dublin 1861; repr. Dublin, 1878 & 1995) 105–113.
  2. Robin Flower, 'The origin and history of the Cottonian Annals', in: Freeman, The Annals in Cotton MS. Titus A. XXV (Paris, 1929) 5–9.
  3. B. W. O'Dwyer, 'The Annals of Connacht and Loch Cé, and the monasteries of Boyle and Holy Trinity', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (C) 72 (1972) 83–102.
  4. Gearóid Mac Niocaill, The medieval Irish annals (Dublin 1975) 30–32.
  5. K. L. Maund, 'The second obit of St Patrick in the "Annals of Boyle"', in D. N. Dumville (ed.), Saint Patrick: A.D. 493-1993, Studies in Celtic History, 13 (Woodbridge 1993) 35–37.
  6. K. L. Maund, 'Sources of the "World Chronicle" in the Cottonian Annals', Peritia 12 (1998) 153–176.
  7. Daniel P. Mc Carthy, The Chronology of the Irish Annals, 31 Dec 1998, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Vol 98c, 203-255.
  8. Daniel P. Mc Carthy, on his website at http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Dan.McCarthy/chronology/synchronisms/annals-chron.htm offers comprehensive information on two traditions of dating used in the Irish Annals, together with two ancillary articles, 'Chronological synchronisation of the Irish annals', and 'Collation of the Irish regnal canon'.
  9. Nollaig Ó Muraíle, 'Athchuairt ar lámhscríbhinní Chonnacht', in Ruairí Ó hUiginn (ed.), Oidhreacht na límhscríbhinní, Léachtaí Cholm Cille, 34 (Maynooth 2004) 28–104: 31–3.
  10. Daniel P. Mc Carthy, The Irish Annals: their genesis, evolution and history (Dublin 2008).
  11. Manuscript History: Robin Flower, Revue Celtique 44 (1927) 344, gives this summary: 'The MS is the original chronicle of the Premonstratensian house of the Holy Trinity on the Island named after it in Loch Cé, founded on an earlier chronicle, perhaps that of Boyle. It remained in Holy Trinity till the secularization of that house, being used by the writers of the Annals of Loch Cé, who worked for the MacDermots. It passed into the hands of the Croftons with the other property of the house, and while in their hands was seen by Ussher, who probably gave it the name of Annals of Boyle under which it has passed ever since. From the hands of the Croftons it came into the possession of Oliver St. John, Viscount Grandison of Limerick, who gave it to Sir Robert Cotton before 1630, and with his library it came into the British Museum together with a number of other Irish manuscripts and manuscripts of Irish interest in 1753.'
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. A. Martin Freeman, The Annals in Cotton MS.Titus A. XXV [Cottonian Annals; Annals of Boyle] in Revue Celtique. , Paris, F. Viewegvolume 41; 42 (1924) (1925) pages 301–330; 283–305

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All editorial introduction and indexes have been omitted. The more important editorial notes have been integrated into the markup or tagged as note type="auth". The English translation (covering text passages in Irish only) is available as a separate file.

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Text proofread twice. Editorial corrigenda from Revue Celtique 44, 344 ff. have been incorporated using corr resp="AMF" tags.

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The electronic texts represents the edited text. Editorial additions, expanded abbreviations and corrections are integrated into the digital edition using sup, ex and corr tags. Text in square brackets is tagged sup resp="AMF". Sometimes, however, the editor may use them to indicate a lack of clarity, certainly in the damaged text at the end. As he does not elucidate his editorial policy, one cannot be certain without recourse to the MS. The editor does not always present the apparatus in a consistent manner. His policy is never stated, and is often far from clear. Occasionally he notes variants in other chronicles but without consistency. He often refers to a 'later hand' as responsible for additions, but it is not clear whether it is always the same later hand or a different one.

The Revue Celtique volumes on which this edition is based have some of the same page numbers; the respective volume is indicated by milestone tags. Superscript letters in the Latin parts of the text have silently been omitted.

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div0=the body of Annals; div1=the section; div2=the annal, div3=the individual entry. Splitting the text into sections was made necessary, because entries in the pre-christian and pre-patrician sections are rarely dated; in the post-patrician section the dates are more frequent, but by no means ubiquitous; and work on this matter is in progress. Page-breaks are marked. Passages in verse are marked by poem, stanza and line.

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Profile Description

Created: By unknown authors in Irish monastic scriptoria Date range: AD 500?-1257.

Use of language

Language: [GA] The text is in Middle Irish.
Language: [LA] Extensive passages are in Latin.
Language: [EN] A few words in English are added.

List of hands

H1 [main:1a-29b14 (to mid Annal 1228)] unknown; early 13th cent.

H2 [29b14-29b17 (to end Annal 1228)] unknown; early 13th cent.

H3 [29b18-31b1; 31b9-32a11 (to Annal 1233 and to mid Annal 1234)] unknown; early 13th cent.

H4 [31b1-31b9; 32a12-32b13 (to mid Annal 1233 and to mid Annal 1235)] unknown; early 13th cent.

H5 [32b14-33b7 (to mid Annal 1235)] unknown; early 13th cent.

H6 [33b7-34b1 (to mid Annal 1236)] unknown; early 13th cent.

H7 [34b1-34b6 (to Annal 1237)] unknown; early 13th cent.

H8 [34b6-34b21 (to end Annal 1237)] unknown; early 13th cent.

H9 [34b21-34b25 (to Annal 1238)] unknown; early 13th cent.

H10 [34b25-35a1 (to Annal 1251)] unknown; mid 13th cent.

H11 [35a1-35b18 (to Annal 1257)] unknown; mid 13th cent.

H12 [marginal] 15th cent.

H13 [35a1-35b18 (to Annal 1257)] unknown; later

H14 [marginal] unknown; English 16th cent.

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