Texts
Canones Adomnani
- Latin
- prose
- Hiberno-Latin texts
A collection of 20 canons concerning the regulation of food. It is attributed to Adomnán.
Author
Ascribed to: AdomnánAdomnán (fl. c.628–704) – abbot of Iona; author of a Life of St Columba
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Manuscripts
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 3182 = Collectio canonum Fiscannensis [s. x / s. xi]pp. 164 (beginning), 173–175 (complete text), 283 (end)
- London, British Library, MS Cotton Otho E xiii [s. ix4/4 / s. x1/4]ff. 141v–135rbeginning: ‘Maritima animalia ad litora deleta’
Language
- Latin
Form
prose (primary)
Sources
Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
[ed.] [tr.] Ó Néill, Pádraig P., and David N. Dumville (eds. and trs.), Cáin Adomnáin and Canones Adomnani, Basic Texts in Gaelic History 2, Cambridge: Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge, 2003.
[ed.] [tr.] Bieler, Ludwig [ed.], and D. A. Binchy [appendix], The Irish penitentials, Scriptores Latini Hiberniae 5, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1963.
176–181 (text and translation); 9, 12–14, 22–26 (comments)
[ed.] Wasserschleben, F. W. H., Die Bussordnungen der abendländischen Kirche: nebst einer rechtsgeschichtlichen Einleitung, Halle: Ch. Graeger, 1851.
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120–123
[tr.] McNeill, John T., and Helena M. Gamer, Medieval handbooks of penance; a translation of the principal libri poenitentiales and selections from related documents, Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies 29, New York: Columbia University Press, 1938.
comments: Reprinted in 1965 and 1991.
131–134 (translation); 130–131 (introduction)
Secondary sources (select)
Lapidge, Michael, and Richard Sharpe, A bibliography of Celtic-Latin literature, 400-1200, Royal Irish Academy Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources, Ancillary Publications 1, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1985.
176 [id. 609.]
Vogel, Cyrille, Les Libri paenitentiales, Typologie des sources du moyen Âge occidental 27, Turnhout: Brepols, 1978.
64
Kenney, James F., “Chapter III: The Irish church in the ‘Celtic’ period”, in: Kenney, James F., The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies 11, Revised ed. (1929), New York: Octagon, 1966. 156–287.
245 [id. 80.]
External links
Canons of Adomnán - Penance, Penitential Tradition, and Pastoral Care in the Middle Ages. The present entry has greatly benefited from this overview. A monograph by Elaine Farrell, which will include discussion of the Canones Adomnani, should be out on Brepols soon.
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Contributors
C. A.,Dennis Groenewegen
