Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G402163

A dhuine chaitheas corp Dé

Author: Tuathal Ó hUiginn

Background details and bibliographic information

File Description

Electronic edition compiled and proof-read by Beatrix Färber

Funded by The HEA via the LDT Project and
School of History, University College Cork

2. Second draft with variants.

Extent of text: 1607 words

Publication

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

(2014) (2020)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G402163

Availability [RESTRICTED]

Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only. CELT would like to thank the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus for granting permission to reproduce this work in electronic form.

Sources

    Manuscript sources
  1. Dublin, Trinity College Library, 1318, (alias H. 2. 16 alias Yellow Book of Lecan); an Duanaire; see Abbott and Gwynn, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Trinity College Library (Dublin 1921). Digital images and the description from Abbott and Gwynn are available on http://www.isos.dias.ie.
  2. London (private possession), Sir Con O'Neill's MS (see Éigse 13), c. 1681 (National Library Microfilm, NLI Positive 6671).
    Literature
  1. This poem is listed in the Irish Bardic Poetry Database (see http://bardic.celt.dias.ie/main.html) and dated to the mid-15th century.
  2. An English translation is available in Dá Dé, 99–101.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Lambert McKenna, A dhuine chaitheas corp Dé in Dán Dé, Ed. Lambert McKenna. , Dublin, The Educational Company of Ireland (1940) page 32–33

Encoding

Project Description

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Sampling Declaration

All the editorial text with the corrections of the editor has been retained. Variant readings and editorial annotations have not been reproduced in this edition.

Editorial Declaration

Correction

Text has been checked and proof-read twice. All corrections and supplied text are tagged.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text.

Quotation

Quotation marks are rendered q. They are not used within lines of poetry.

Hyphenation

Soft hyphens are silently removed. When a hyphenated word (hard or soft) crosses a page-break, the page-break is marked after the completion of the hyphenated word.

Segmentation

div0=the whole poem. Metrical lines and quatrains are marked and numbered.

Standard Values

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Interpretation

Names of persons (given names), and places are not tagged. Terms for cultural and social roles are not tagged.

Canonical References

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The title of the text is held as the first head element within each text.

div0 is reserved for the text (whether in one volume or many).

The numbered quatrains provide a canonical reference.

Profile Description

Created: By Tuathal Ó hUiginn (died 1450). (mid-15th century)

Use of language

Language: [GA] The text is in Classical Modern Irish.

Revision History