Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G600013

A Tract on the Plague

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Winifred Wulff

translated by Winifred Wulff

Electronic edition compiled and proof-read by Beatrix Färber

Funded by School of History, University College, Cork

1. First draft, revised and corrected.

Extent of text: 5530 words

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(2011) (2018)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G600013

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Available with prior consent of the CELT project for purposes of academic research and teaching only. More information about Winifred Wulff's Life and Work is available on the CELT website at https://celt.ucc.ie//wulff.html.

Sources

    MS sources
  1. Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1435 (E 3. 30) pp 200–202. This was used for the main text. Digital images of this manuscript are available on the ISOS Project, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, see: http://www.dias.ie/isos/.
  2. Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1326 (H. 3. 7) pp 111–113. This was used for variant readings. A catalogue description and digital images of this manuscript are available on the ISOS Project, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, see: http://www.dias.ie/isos/.
    Select bibliography
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    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Winifred Wulff, A Tract on the Plague in Ériu. , Dublin , Royal Irish Academy (1926–1928) volume 10page 143–154: 143–152

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The present text represents Wulff's Introduction; the Irish text, and the English translation. Footnotes are retained and integrated into the apparatus.

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Profile Description

Created: Irish translation: Date range: 1501–1600. English translation: (1928)

Use of language

Language: [GA] The text is in (Early) Modern Irish.
Language: [EN] Front matter, Introduction and translation are in English, with some Irish phrases.
Language: [LA] Some words and phrases are in Latin.
Language: [GR] Two words are in Greek.

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