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In cath catharda
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In cath catharda
‘The civic battle’
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| Manuscripts
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Stokes based his edition on four manuscripts:
- H: Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1298 (H 2. 7) [s. xv], pp. 376–390, 390–415, 416–417
- S: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 (992) [s. xv], pp. 1—44. A leaf is lost after p. 40 and again after p. 42.
- C: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C vi 2. Fragment, corresponding to lines 2640-6192 of Stokes' edition. To be confirmed
- F: Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 17 [s. xvii], ff. 1—139. The only complete copy.
Stokes also refers to five additional copies, which were not consulted by him for his edition:[1]
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.46 (Gaelic XLVI, John McKenzie 10). Fragments corresponding to lines 2696–2756, 2877–2937 and 3447–3827 of the edition.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 3 (Reeves 816, 451) [s. xvii-xviii]
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 17 (Reeves 836, 1070) [s. xvii(?) + xviii]
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D i 1 (1237), part 1. Fragments.
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1326 (H 3. 7) [s. xvi], pp. 596b–601. Glossed extracts.
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| Language
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Middle Irish
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| Description
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Medieval Irish adaptation of the first seven books of the classical Latin poem Pharsalia by Lucan. It rates as one of the longest literary prose texts to survive from medieval Ireland.
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| Sources
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Additional sources used may include Florus' Epitome; Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (I.2).[2]
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Structure
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Translation
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First line in Stokes' edition
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Folio numbers in Franciscan A 17
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| Do chogadh síuialta na Romhanach, dia n-goireid Gaoidheil in cath cathardha
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Of the civil war of the Romans, which the Gaels call the cath catharda
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| Sloicced Cesair an inis Bretan
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Caesar's hosting in the Island of Britain
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148
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4r–5r
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| Adbair in catha catharda
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The cause of the civil war
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205
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5v–8r
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| [Tuaruscbáil Césair]
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A description of Caesar
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| Toccail denna Airimin
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The sack of the fortress of Ariminum
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382
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8v–11r
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| Toicestal sluaig Cesair
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Of the mustering of Caesar's army
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522
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11v–17v
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| Derbhairrde an catha cathardha
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The sure signs of the civil war
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818
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18r–24r
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| Betha Cait
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The life of Cato
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1085
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24v–25v
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| Sloicced Cesair isind Ettaild
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Caesar's hosting into Italy
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1192
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26r–34r
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| Tóchestul sluaigh Poimp
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[The Mustering of Pompey's army]
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| Toccail na Maisili
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The sack of the city of the Massilians
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1625
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34v–48r
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| Sloicced na hEspaine / Scéla Césair
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The hosting of Spain / Tidings of Caesar
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2264
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48v–55r
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| Martra muinteri Vuilt
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The martyrdom of the Vulteians
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2595
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55v–61v
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| Aided Curio
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The violent death of Curio
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2860
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62r–68v
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| Aided Aip
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The violent death of Appius
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3210
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69r–69v
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| Echtra Cessair
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The adventures of Caesar
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3249
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70r–73r
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| Aided Sceua
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The violent death of Scaeva
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3388
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73v–82r
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| Tuarusccbail na Tesaile
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The description of Thessaly
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3770
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82v–84v
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| Faistine an arrachta a hiffern
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The prophecy of the spectre out of hell
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3876
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84v–95r
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| Cath mór Muigi na Tesaili
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The great battle at the plain of Thessaly
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4312
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95v–97r
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Notes
- ^ The photographed copies of Gaelic XLVI which Stokes had at his disposal could not be relied on because of their poor quality. Walter J. Purton told Stokes about the existence of three manuscript versions in the Royal Irish Academy.
- ^ Stokes 1909b: v-vi.
Sources
Editions and translations
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Stokes, Whitley (ed. and tr.), “In cath catharda: The civil war of the Romans. An Irish version of Lucan's Pharsalia”, in: Windisch, Ernst, and Whitley Stokes (eds.), Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 4:2, Leipzig, 1909. v—viii, 1—581. CELT: edition and translation (with preface)
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O'Grady, Standish Hayes (ed. and tr.), “The war of Pompey and Caesar: a fragment”, in: O'Grady, Standish Hayes (ed. and tr.), Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh: The triumphs of Turlough, 2 vols, Irish Texts Society 26-27, London: Irish Texts Society, 1929. Appendix. Vol. 1: 193—224; vol. 2: 202—240.
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Secondary sources
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Cox, Edward G., “Classical traditions in medieval Ireland”, Philological Quarterly 3 (1924): 267—284.
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Meyer, Robert T., “The Middle-Irish version of the Pharsalia of Lucan”, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 44:3 (1959): 355—363.
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Stanford, W. B., “Towards a history of classical influences in Ireland”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 70 C (1970): 13—91.
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Windisch, Ernst, “Preface”, in: Windisch, Ernst, and Whitley Stokes (eds.), Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 4:2, Leipzig, 1909. viii—ix. CELT: preface
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