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Scéla Siluester ocus Constantin ‘The story of the Sylvester and Constantine’

  • Middle Irish
  • prose
  • Irish religious texts
The legend of Pope Sylvester I and the miraculous cure of Constantine the emperor.
Title
Scéla Siluester ocus Constantin
‘The story of the Sylvester and Constantine’
This title is based on the title supplied in the margin of the Laud Misc. 610 copy.
Manuscripts
Version 1.
London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 [s. xvi1]
f. 26b
beg. ‘In Consaitin mac Elinæ imráitir sund, indtan rob áiniom ndó, rotgab acais mór’
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 cols 573–958 = section of the Yellow Book of Lecan [s. xivex/xvin]
p. 137 col. 803
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 IV, ff. 123-144
ff. 144va (line 36)–144vb (line 22)
beg. ‘In Constantin mac Ailina im<rái>ter sunn in tan rob’
This copy is not mentioned by Meyer.
Version 2
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 48a (476) = Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, part 1 [c. 1435-1440]
ff. 10rb–10va (line 27)
beg. ‘Rig rogabh an doman feacht n-aill’
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 48a (476) = Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, part 1 [c. 1435-1440]
f. 37v
beg. ‘Righ rogabh an domhun feach n-aill’
Laud 610 version.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]
ff. 6vb (line 1)–6vb (line 33)
rubric: ‘Scéla Silvester in Papa ⁊ Consatin indister sund’
beg. ‘Consatin autem mac Helena ba hardimper isin Roim’
Imperfect.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Cf. [[Scéla Siluester ocus Constantin (homily) |Scéla Siluester ocus Constantin (homily)]]
Related: Scéla Siluester ⁊ ConstantinScéla Siluester ⁊ Constantin

Classification

Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
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Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
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Sources

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: IV. Aus Harleian 5280. Wunderbare Heilung Kaiser Konstantins”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901): 226–227.
Celtic Digital Initiative – all Mitteilungen of ZCP 3: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
Edited from the Harleian MS, with variants given from YBL.
Translation wanted
No translation is known at this stage.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
August 2012, last updated: January 2024
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