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Sdair na Lumbardach ‘The history of the Lombards’

  • Early Modern Irish
  • prose
  • Medieval Irish literary adaptations
A 15th-century Irish translation, probably of chapter 19 (‘De sancto Pelagio papa’) from Jacobus de Voragine’s hagiographic compilation Legenda aurea (1260 x 1270).
Author
Anonymous
Manuscripts
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore = Book of Lismore (Leabhar Leasa Móir) [s. xv]
ff. 112(70)ra1–120(78)vb (breaks off)
Imperfect copy.
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 63
Edward O’Reilly’s copy from the Book of Lismore
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 65
Edward O’Reilly’s copy from the Book of Lismore
Language
  • Early Modern Irish
Date
15th century
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Medieval Irish literary adaptationsMedieval Irish literary adaptations
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Sources

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[ed.] Mac Niocaill, Gearóid, “Sdair na Lumbardach”, Studia Hibernica 1 (1961): 89–118.
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], and Julius Pokorny [gen. ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Sdair na Lumbardach ann so”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 179–184.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
[ed.] [tr.] Hyde, Douglas [ed.], Gabhaltais Shearluis Mhóir: The conquests of Charlemagne [edited from the Book of Lismore and three other vellum MSS], Irish Texts Society, 19, London: Irish Texts Society, 1917.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
125–126 Excerpt with English translation direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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June 2016, last updated: January 2024
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