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Life of St. Columba

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William Reeves

translated by William ReevesElectronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färberdonated by Seth Seyfried

Funded by University College, Cork and
Professor Marianne McDonald via the CELT Project

1. First draft, revised and corrected.

Extent of text: 43190 words

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Text ID Number: T201040

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Sources

    Primary Manuscripts [for derived MSS see G. Brüning, ZCP 11 (1917), 220-224]
  1. Generalia 1 (A), Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen, Switzerland; vellum, 69 folios; 290 x 225 mm, with later page numbering running from 1 to 136; written in 2 columns, in a single Irish hand. A colophon in 136a names the scribe as Dorbbéne: 'pro me Dorbbeneo Dominum deprecetur'; probably written before 713.
  2. British Library MS Add. 35110 (B1), folios 96v-143r, probably written before 1165.
  3. British Library MS Cottonian Tiberius D III (B2), folios 192r-217r, written end of 12th to early 13th century. Due to fire damage in 1731, there are missing illegible portions on every page, and six folios [Book I, ch. 2 (diebus) to 22 (genibus) and 36 (viro) to 49 (omnia quae)] are missing completely.
  4. British Library MS Royal 8 D IX (B3), folios 1r-70r, written in the fifteenth or early sixteenth century. The first 8 folios, [to I, 3 (haec puro pectore)] are missing.
    Editions and Translations from Primary Manuscripts [for editions from derived MSS see G. Brüning, ZCP 11 (1917), 224-5]
  1. Johannes Colganus [John Colgan], Triadis Thaumaturgae seu divorum Patricii, Columbae et Brigidae, Trium Veteris et Maioris Scotiae, seu Hiberniae, Sanctorum Insulae, Communium Patronorum Acta, a Variis, iisque pervetustis, ac Sanctis authoribus Scripta, ac studio R.P.F. Joannis Colgani, in Conventu FF Minor, Hibernor. strictior. observ. Louanii, S. Theologiae Lectorius Jubilati. Ex variis Bibliothecis collecta, Scholiis et commentariis illustrata, et pluribus Appendicibus aucta: complectitur Tomus Secundus Sacrarum ejusdem insulae Antiquitatum, nunc primum in lucem prodiens. Lovanii 1647, 336-372 [from a transcript of (A) made by Stephen White in 1621]. Repr. with an introduction by Pádraig Ó, Riain. Dublin, 1996.
  2. Franciscus Baertius, Acta Sanctorum, Junii II, Antwerpen 1698, 197-236 [from the same transcript of (A)].
  3. Johannes Pinkerton, Vitae antiquae sanctorum, qui habitaverunt in parte nunc vocata Scotia, London 1789, S. 47-187 [From (B3); missing beginning and some variants supplemented from Heinrich Canisius, Antique lectionis V, 2, Ingolstadt 1604, 559-621]. — W. M. Metcalfe, 'Pinkerton's Lives of the Scottish Saints, revised and enlarged I, Paisley 1889, 73-209, includes Reeves's variants.
  4. William Reeves, (ed.) The Life of Columba, written by Adamnan, Dublin 1857 [based on (A), but uses (B3) and four derived MSS: St. Gallen 555, München 6341, München 22241, and Dublin, Marsh's Library, Vitae Sanctorum Hibernicorum (Lives of the Irish Saints)='Codex Kilkenniensis' or 'Codex Armachanus']; reprinted [with a translation and with editorial restructuring by W. F. Skene] in Historians of Scotland, Vol. 6, Edinburgh 1874. Based on (A). This text was originally made available on Dr Norm Jones's Columba Webpages (http://www.usu.edu/history/norm/columb~1.htm). Reprint of Engl. translation: Felinfach/Dyfed: Llanerch. 1988.
  5. J. T. Fowler, Adamnani Vita S. Columbae, Oxford 1894. Based on (A).
  6. Adomnán's Life of Columba, edited with translation and notes by the late Alan Orr Anderson and by Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Edinburgh and London 1961; reprinted [revised by Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson] Oxford 1991.
  7. Adomnán of Iona, Life of St Columba, translated by Richard Sharpe, London 1995 [translation only.] Rev. Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Peritia 10 (1996) 410-412.
    Secondary Literature [for more bibliographical references see Anderson & Anderson 1991; Sharpe 1995 ]
  1. Gertrud Brüning, Adamnans Vita Columbae und ihre Ableitungen, Zeit Celt Phil 11 (1917) 213-304.
  2. René Specht, 'Wie kam Dorbénes Abschrift von Adomnán's 'Vita Sancti Columbae' in die Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen?', Schaffhauser Beiträge zur Geschichte 65 (1988) 103-109.
  3. Máire Herbert, Iona, Kells and Derry, the history and hagiography of the monastic familia of Columba, Oxford 1988. Revs. Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, Éigse 24 (1990) 192-195; T. M. Charles-Edwards. Medium AEvum 59/2 (1990) 295. [Paperback reprint Dublin 1996].
  4. Brian Lacey, Colum Cille and the Columban tradition, Dublin 1997.
  5. Thomas Owen Clancy, 'Columba, Adomnan and the cult of Saints in Scotland', The Innes Review 48/1 (Spring 1997) 1-26.
  6. Cormac Bourke (ed.), Studies in the Cult of Saint Columba. Dublin/Portland, Oregon, USA: 1997. Rev. Thomas Owen Clancy, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 37 (Summer 1999) 101-106.
  7. Dauit Broun & Thomas Owen Clancy (eds.), Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots: Saint Columba, Iona and Scotland, Edinburgh 1999.
  8. Jean-Michel Picard, Adomnán's Vita Columbae and the cult of Colum Cille in continental Europe, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 1998 (available in pdf format online).
  9. Jean-Michel Picard, Schaffhausen Generalia I and the textual transmission of Adomnán's 'Vita Columbae' on the continent, in Ireland and Europe in the early Middle Ages: texts and transmission/Irland und Europa im früheren Mittelalter: Texte und Überlieferung, (eds. Próinséas Ní Chatháin and Michael Richter, Dublin 2002, 95-102.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Life of Saint Columba, Founder of Hy. Written by Adamnan, Ninth Abbot of that Monastery. William Reeves (ed), First edition [clxxxiv + 385pp.] Edmonston and DouglasEdinburgh (1874)

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Created: Translation by William Reeves. (1873)

Use of language

Language: [EN] Text is in English.
Language: [GA] Some words are in Irish.
Language: [LA] Some words are in Latin.

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