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In lebor ollaman‘The ollam’s book’

• Middle Irish
• Irish legendary history, Irish texts on language and literature

Commentary on the Auraicept na n-éces. McLaughlin suggests that “the author was working with an annotated copy of that text”.

Manuscripts

The list below follows that of Roisin McLaughlin, ‘Fénius Farsaid and the alphabets’, Ériu 59 (2009):

Group A

• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]

  ff. 138va57–139rb54

   

  Complete
• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406]

  ff. 299b30–301b23

   

  Complete. Beginning ‘Cia cet ughdair robhar a nErind?’.
• Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.1 (2) = John Beaton’s Broad Book

  ff. 19rb61–20rb13

   

  Complete
• Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 53 (Phillipps 10279) [s. xvii]

  pp. 37.21–38.14

   

  Incomplete.

Group B (longest version)

• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 15, cols. 500-572 = YBL section [1408]

  pp. 217a (line 1)–219a (line 22) in facsimile cols 500.1–504.22

   

  Complete
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1317 (H 2. 15b) [s. xvii]

  pp. 105a1–107a3

   

  Complete
• London, British Library, MS Egerton 88 [c. 1564]

  pp. 63a1–63b25

   

  Incomplete.

Group C

• Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 53 (Phillipps 10279) [s. xvii]

  pp. 43.1–49.12

   

  Incomplete.
• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS A ii 4 (738) [s. xvii/xviii (?)]

  ff. 46r1–47v20

   

  Incomplete
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1432 (E 3. 3) [s. xv-xvi]

  p. 3ff

   

  Fragment, citations from the text; not used by Calder
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 (H 3. 18) [s. xv-xvi]

  pp. 75c22–75c36

   

  Fragment, citations from the text = CIH 622.4–622.12

Language

• Middle Irish
• Middle Irish.
  

Textual relationships

An annotated copy of Auraicept na n-éces.

• (Possible) sources:
• Auraicept na n-éces

Classification

Irish legendary history Irish texts on language and literature

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.

Edition wanted.

The text has never been published and has received little attention to date” (McLaughlin). McLaughlin is preparing a critical edition, with English translation and discussion.

Translation wanted.

[ed.] Stokes, Whitley, “A list of ancient Irish authors”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901): 15–16.

Internet Archive: <link>

An edition of the list of ancient authors (persaind) of traditional lore at the end of the text in BB. Cf. Pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas Már.

Secondary sources (select)

McLaughlin, Roisin, “Fénius Farsaid and the alphabets”, Ériu 59 (2009): 1–24.

Meroney, Howard, “Fénius and Gáedel in the Lebar Cindfáelad”, Modern Philology 43:1 — Studies in honor of Tom Peete Cross (August, 1945): 18–24.

web page identifiers

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