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Ranna an aeir ‘The constellations of the sky’

  • Early Modern Gaelic, Early Modern Irish
  • Scottish texts

Medieval Gaelic catalogue of constellations in the northern and southern celestial hemispheres, in which the name of each constellation is typically explained with reference to an episode of classical Graeco-Roman mythology.

First words (prose)
  • Fiarfaighthear and so ca lin rann fuil annsan aer eidir deisceart ⁊ tuaisceart
Manuscripts
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.2 1, ff. 1-3 = Ranna an aeir [s. xvi]
pp. 1–6
Anderson: “This dissertation is carelessly written upon three leaves of parchment, in a bold hand probably of the earlier sixteenth century. It has some well drawn designs.”
Language
  • Early Modern Gaelic Early Modern Irish

  • Early Modern Gaelic? “late Middle Irish” (O'Connor: 21).

Classification

Scottish textsScottish texts
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Subjects

constellationsconstellations
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cosmogony and cosmologymythological motifs
cosmogony and cosmology
id. 26703
MercuryMercury
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more PerseusPerseus
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more JupiterJupiter
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more EuropaEuropa
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Keywords

Graeco-Roman mythologyGraeco-Roman mythology
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MythographyMythography
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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.] Anderson, Alan Orr [ed. and tr.], “Ranna an aeir”, Revue Celtique 30 (1909): 404–417.
CELT – edition and translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>, <link>

Secondary sources (select)

OʼConnor, Ralph, “Irish narrative literature and the classical tradition, 900-1300”, in: Ralph OʼConnor (ed.), Classical literature and learning in medieval Irish narrative, 34, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2014. 1–22.
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2011, last updated: January 2024
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