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Da brón Flatha Nime

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Best efforts were made to compile the apparatus from the editor's footnotes. However, certain information [as to the start of certain apparatus entries and as to the variant forms in manuscripts not cited] has been lacking. To ensure a more faithful correspondence with the variant readings given by Dottin, it would have been necessary to tag some of them as one apparatus entry within another. Since TEI restrictions do not allow for this, it had to be abandoned. In case of doubt it is recommended to consult the manuscripts.

Sources

Manuscript Sources
1. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre, p. 17a–18a (the opening is missing); for details see MS 1229, in Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926–70) 3367–79. For a diplomatic edition see R. I. Best and Osborn Bergin (eds.), Lebor na hUidre: Book of the Dun Cow (Dublin 1929).
2. Dublin, Trinity College, H 2.18, (Leabhar na Núachongbála), p. 280a–281a. For details see MS 1339, in T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn (eds.), Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin 1921) 158–61. For a diplomatic edition see R. I. Best, Osborn Bergin, M. A. O'Brien and Anne O'Sullivan (eds.), The Book of Leinster (6 vols., Dublin: DIAS 1954).
3. Dublin, Trinity College, H 2.16, Yellow Book of Lecan, p. 120b–121a. For details see MS , T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn (eds.), Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin 1921) 94–110, 342–48. See also Robert Atkinson (ed.), The Yellow Book of Lecan: a collection of pieces (prose and verse) in the Irish language, in part compiled at the end of the fourteenth century (Collotype facsimile with introduction, analysis of contents, and index) (Dublin 1896).
4. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS 24,682, fol. 27v–28r; for details see P. Meyer (ed.), Notices et extraits des manuscrits de La Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris 1886) t. xxxv, 1, 151–3.
5. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29, Book of Fermoy, p. 114a–115b. For details see MS 1134, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926–70) 3091–125. See also London, British Library, Egerton 92 (formerly belonging to the Book of Fermoy); for details see Robin Flower and Standish Hayes O'Grady (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Museum ii (London 1926, repr. Dublin 1992), 505–19.

Secondary literature (For literature about the Apocrypha, click on https://celt.ucc.ie/Apocrypha.pdf)
1. St. John D. Seymour, 'The Eschatology of the Early Irish Church, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 14 (1923) 179–211.
2. St. John D. Seymour, 'Notes on Apocrypha in Ireland', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 26 (1926) class C: 107–117.
3. St. John D. Seymour, Irish Visions of the Other-World: A Contribution to the Study of Medieval Visions (London 1930).
4. Louis Gougaud, Christianity in Celtic lands: a history of the churches of the Celts, their origin, their development, influence and mutual relations by Dom Louis Gougaud, translated from the author's MS. by Maud Joynt (London 1932; reprinted Dublin 1992).
5. Brian O'Dwyer Grogan, The Eschatological Doctrines of the Early Irish Church, [unpublished doctoral dissertation] (Fordham University 1972).
6. David N. Dumville, 'Biblical Apocrypha and the Early Irish', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 73 (1973) C: 299–338.
7. Martin McNamara, The Apocrypha in the Irish Church (Dublin: DIAS 1975; corrected reprint 1984).
8. Bernard McGinn, Apocalypticism in the middle ages: an historiographical sketch, Medieval Studies 13 (1975), Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto, 252–286. Reprinted in: Bernard McGinn, Apocalypticism in the Western Tradition (Brookfield, Vermont 1994).
9. The Irish Adam and Eve story from Saltair na Rann. 2 vols. Vol. I: Text and translation by David Greene and Fergus Kelly; Vol. II: Commentary by Brian O. Murdoch. (Dublin: DIAS 1976).
10. Bernard McGinn, Visions of the End: Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle Ages (New York 1979).
11. Roger T. Beckwith, 'The earliest Enoch literature and its calendar: marks of their origin, date and motivation', RdeQ 10 (1981) 365–403.
12. J. C. Vanderkam, 'The 364-day calendar in the Enochic literature', Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers 22 (1983) 157–165.
13. Frederick H. Cryer, 'The 360-day calendar year and early Judaic sectarianism', Scandinavian Journal of Old Testament (1987) 116–122.
14. Máire Herbert, Martin McNamara (eds.), Irish Biblical Apocrypha. Selected texts in translation, Edinburgh 1989.
15. Martin McNamara, 'Early medieval Irish eschatology'. In: Próinséas Ní Chatháin and Michael Richter (eds.) Irland und Europa im früheren Mittelalter: Bildung und Literatur (Stuttgart 1996) 42–75 (esp. 74–75).
16. Thomas O'Loughlin, 'The Celtic homily: creeds and eschatology'. Milltown Studies 41 (1998) 99–115.
17. J. C. Vanderkam, Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring time (London, New York 1998).
18. Milton McCormick Gatch, Eschatology and Christian nurture: themes in Anglo-Saxon and medieval religious life, (Aldershot 2000).
19. Benjamin Hudson, 'Time is Short: The Eschatology of the Early Gaelic Church', in: Caroline Walker Bynum and Paul Freedman (eds.), Last Things: Death and the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages (Philadelphia 2000) 101–23.
20. Martin McNamara, Apocalyptic and eschatological heritage: the Middle East and Celtic realms, Dublin 2003.

The edition used in the digital edition
1. Georges Dottin, Da brón Flatha Nime [Les Deux Chagrins du Royaume du Ciel] in Revue Celtique. Volume 21, Paris, F. Vieweg (1900) pages 349–387

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Created: By (an) unknown Irish monastic author(s). Date range: 900–1200.

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Language: [GA] The text is in Middle Irish.

Language: [LA] One sentence is in Latin.

Language: [EN] Editorial notes are in English.

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Da brón Flatha Nime: Author: Unknown

List of witnesses

• U: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23 E 25 (1229) (alias Lebor na hUidre), pp. 17a-18a
• L: Dublin, Trinity College, H 2 18 (1339) (alias Book of Leinster), pp. 280a-281a
• Lec: Dublin, Trinity College, H 2 16 (1318) (alias Yellow Book of Lecan), pp. 120b-121a
• P: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Fonds Celtique, 1, folios 27v-28r
• F: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23. E. 29 (1134) (alias Book of Fermoy), pp. 114a-115b

p.376

Cid ara n-apar brón i n-nim? Ninsa. Eli & Enóc ro-gadatar in Comdid ara m-brith 'na corpaib dochum nime ; la febas didiu a n-arilten fri Dia for talmain & ructha dochum pardais ina corpaib criad. Ataat iarum na h-anmand gela, glana, etromma, áerda, tanaide impu 'ma cuairt for luamain i r-richtaib anhgel. Atat-som immorro i. Éli & Enóc ina corpaib criad, tromma, cepdai, & na conétat comaitecht. Is brón & torsi mór leo-som ón cen chomaitecht na n-anhgel condat é-sin dá brón flatha nime.

Téit didiu h-Éle, co m-bí fo chrund bethud hi pardus , & soscéla ina láim, do phrocept dona h-énaib ut & do anmannaib in parduis . Do-tháegat iarom ind éoin ; co m-bít oc ithe cháer in chraind. Cáera mora dana sin at milsiu

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p.380

O tháiric dó sin uile . — ‘Fégaid sein a brithemnu’, ar Crist, ‘cia de as trommu a maith andá a olc ind fir-sea .’ — ‘Is truma a maith.’ — ‘Eirged iarom le a maith i n-óentaid aingel’, or Críst . Do thaegat ind aingil ara cind, a l-láma fóena . — 'Fochen duit', ar cach ; ‘cucam-sa doraga’, or araile. — ‘Is comthrom a maith & a h-olc dana ind fir-seo.’ — ‘Lenne a leth de-side ’

p.382

It é dana téora gáire in domain .i. in gáir do-rigset túath Dé ocá timarcon don h-Egeptechaib la feraind ri muir romair diá m-marbad & diá n-dilgend & do thabairt a m-mac & a n-ingen i n-dáire co bráth acht manis tesorced Dia. Ocus gáir fer n-iffirnd & anmand síl Ádaim do neoch at-rubalt dib riá crochad Crist .i. do-s-fuc ar ulc ri diabul con-das-fil

p.384

Erbada tra lathe brátha iss ed pridchas h-Éle amal ro-ráidsem , acht is becc di mór chena aní-sin . Amal dúnas iarom in clérech a lebor, do-berat ind éoin a n-gáir eisib & túargit a n-ette ria tóebaib co táegat a srotha fola eisib ar ómon lathe brátha . In tan as siat ind éoin do-gniat sin, ba cóir dúin-ni inar nh-doenib talmannaib cia-no-bemmis ina airichill .

Int Éle iarom & int Enóc as-berar sund ernaidit -side ar

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