Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: T090000-001

Liber De Mensura Orbis Terrae

Author: Dicuil

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Electronic edition compiled by Liam Owen O'Driscoll , Beatrix Färber

Funded by University College, Cork

Proof corrections by Liam Owen O'Driscoll

1. First draft.

Extent of text: 14300 words

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(2018)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: T090000-001

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Notes

This book was made available online on CELT as part of a work placement for the MA in Medieval History, UCC.

Sources

    Editions and literature
  1. Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Dicuili Liber de mensura orbis terrae e duobus Codd. mss. Biblotecae imperialis nunc primum in lucem editus. (Paris 1807). (Available online at https://archive.org/stream/liberdemensurao00walcgoog#page/n6/mode/2up).
  2. Jean Antoine Letronne: Recherches géographiques et critiques sur le livre De mensura orbis terrae, suivies du texte restitué. (Paris 1814). (Available online at Universitaetsbibliothek Eichstätt-Ingolstadt at http://digital.bib-bvb.de/publish/viewer/14/1267902.html).
  3. Gustav Parthey, Dicuili Liber de mensura orbis terrae, published by Friedrich Nicolai, (Berlin 1870). (Available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10621818_00005.html.)
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  19. Elizabeth Mullins and Diarmuid Scully (eds.), Listen, O Isles, unto Me: Studies in Medieval World and Image, Cork University Press (Cork 2011).
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    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Liber De Mensura Orbis Terrae. Dicuil First edition [103 pages] Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin (1967 ) . Scriptores Latini Hiberniae. , No. 6

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The present text covers odd pages 45–103. The Latin version is available online at the University of Chicago [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dicuil/De_mensura_orbis_terrae/text*.html].

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Profile Description

Created: Latin text by Dicuil (around AD 825); English translation by James J. Tierney (1967)

Use of language

Language: [EN] The translation is in English.
Language: [LA] Some text titles are in Latin.
Language: [GR] Some words are in Greek.

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