Texts
Homily on the Deadly Sins
- Early Irish
- prose
- Irish religious texts, Irish penitentials, sermons and homilies
Title
Homily on the Deadly Sins
Edited by Kuno Meyer under the German heading Von den Todsünden.
Initial words (prose)
- Conæmdetar sruithe Érenn a ríaglaib na screptræ pennatóir dílgind frepthæ cech pechtæ ó biuc co m-mór
in Rawlinson B 512: ‘Conæmdetar sruithe Érenn a ríaglaib na screptræ pennatóir dílgind frepthæ cech pechtæ ó biuc co m-mór’ (‘The venerable of Ireland have drawn up from the rules of the Scriptures a penitential for the annulling and remedying of every sin, both small and great.’).(1)n. 1 Translated by Binchy in: Ludwig Bieler • D. A. Binchy, The Irish penitentials (1963): 259.
Manuscripts
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 III, (a) ff. 75B-100, (b) ff. 37-44 [s. xv]ff. 39rb–40vb
Language
- Early Irish
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Text derives from the Old Irish Penitential.(2)n. 2 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006).
- (Possible) sources:
- Old Irish Penitential
- Related:
- Old Irish Penitential
Sources
Notes
Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006).
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.
Secondary sources (select)
Follett, Westley, Céli Dé in Ireland: monastic writing and identity in the early Middle Ages, Studies in Celtic History 23, Woodbridge, 2006.
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Contributors
C. A.,Dennis Groenewegen