Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G100051

Der Tod der sieben Maine

Author: Unknown

Background details and bibliographic information

File Description

Kuno Meyer

Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

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

1. First draft, revised and corrected.

Extent of text: 800 words

Publication

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

(2004)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G100051

Availability

Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.

Sources

    Manuscript Source
  1. London, British Library MS Egerton 1782, fo. 44a1. For details see Robin Flower (ed.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library, formerly the British Museum (London 1926).
    Edition
  1. Kuno Meyer (ed.), Der Tod der sieben Maine (Egerton 1782, fo. 44a1), Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 9 (1913) 175.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Kuno Meyer, Der Tod der sieben Maine in Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie. Volume 9, Halle/Saale, Max Niemeyer (1913) page 175

Encoding

Project Description

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Editorial Declaration

Correction

Text has been checked and proof-read twice.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text. In Meyer's edition, the acute accent and the macron are used to mark long vowels. Both are retained. Editorial corrections are tagged corr sic="" resp="KM" with the corrected form given in the 'sic' attribute. Expansions are marked ex, and editorial notes are tagged note type="auth" n="", or integrated into the markup. Text in German is indicated. Names are capitalized in line with CELT practice.

Quotation

There are no quotations.

Hyphenation

Hyphenation was introduced.

Segmentation

div0=the poem. Page-breaks are marked pb n="".

Interpretation

Names are not tagged, nor are terms for cultural and social roles.

Profile Description

Created: by an unknown Irish monastic author. Date range: 900-1200.

Use of language

Language: [GA] Text is in Middle Irish.
Language: [DE] Some words in the notes are in German.

Revision History