Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G303027

Comrac Liadaine ocus Cuirithir

Author: unknown

Background details and bibliographic information

File Description

Kuno Meyer

Electronic edition compiled by Emer Purcell

proof corrections by Hilary Lavelle, University of Ulster at Coleraine

Funded by University College, Cork and
The HEA via the LDT Project.

2. Second draft.

Extent of text: 2270 words

Publication

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

(2006) (2008)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G303027

Availability [RESTRICTED]

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

Sources

    Manuscript sources
  1. London, British Library, Harl. 5280, fo. 26f.
  2. Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1337 (olim H. 3. 18) 759f.
    Editions/translations
  1. Kuno Meyer (ed. and tr.), Comrac Liadaine ocus Cuirithir or Liadain and Curithir; an Irish love-story of the ninth century (London 1902). This edition is also available online at http://www.univie.ac.at/indogermanistik/download/texte/Comracc_Liadaine_ocus_Cuirithir.htm#m
  2. English translation: P. L. Henry, Dánta Ban, pp. 52–59.
  3. For a new edition by David Stifter, see: http://www.univie.ac.at/indogermanistik/download/texte/Comracc_Liadaine_ocus_Cuirithir.htm#s
  4. For an English translation of the new edition by Liz Gabay, see http://www.univie.ac.at/indogermanistik/download/texte/Comracc_Liadaine_ocus_Cuirithir.htm#g
    Further reading
  1. Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history (New York 1861).
  2. Kuno Meyer (ed. and tr.), Stories and songs from Irish MSS, Otia Merseiana 1 (1899) 113–128.
  3. Brian Ó Cuív, A quatrain from "Líadain and Cuirithir", Éigse; 6 (1945–7) 229–230.
  4. Anders Ahlqvist, A line in Líadan and Cuirithir, Peritia 1 (1982) 334.
  5. For editions/translations of the poem 'Cen áinius' see also http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G400035/index.html
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Comrac Liadaine ocus Cuirithir. Kuno Meyer (ed), First edition [30pp.; 5–9 Introduction; Text 12–27; 28–30 Glossary.] David NuttLondon (1902)

Encoding

Project Description

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Sampling Declaration

The present text represents even pages 12–26 of the volume. All editorial introduction, notes and indexes have been omitted.

Editorial Declaration

Correction

Text has been proof-read twice.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text. Text supplied by the editor is tagged sup resp="KM". Expansions to the text are marked ex.

Quotation

Direct speech is rendered q.

Hyphenation

The editor's hyphenation has been retained.

Segmentation

div0=the whole text; stanzas are marked lg. Paragraphs are marked p; page-breaks are marked pb="nn". Line-breaks are marked lb and numbered every five lines. Unnumbered line-breaks are commented out.

Interpretation

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

Profile Description

Created: By one or more unknown author(s) Date range: c. 800–900.

Use of language

Language: [GA] The text is in Old and Middle Irish.
Language: [LA] Some words are in Latin.
Language: [EN] The witness list and some words in the annotations are in English.

Revision History