Author: Kuno Meyer

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-19

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9781331818830

Excerpt from The Triads of Ireland, Vol. 13 The collection of Irish Triads, which is here edited and translated for the first time, has come down to us in the following nine manuscripts, dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century: - L, i.e. the Yellow Book of Lecan, a vellum of the end of the fourteenth century, pp. 4146-418 a, a complete copy. B, i.e. the Book of Ballymote, a vellum of the end of the fourteenth century, pp. 65b-66b (ends imperfectly). M, i.e. the Book of Hui Maine, a vellum of the fourteenth century, fo. 190a-fo. 191a. A complete copy beginning: ' Ccand Erenn Ardmacha, ' and ending: 'tri hurgairt bidh a caithoam dfescaidhcadh (sic) a chaitheam iarna coir a caitlicam gan altughudh.'Then follow proverbial sayings from the 'colloquy of Cormac and Cairpre, ' such as: 'Dedhe ara ndligh gach maifch domelar itlie 7 altugud. Anas deach gacha fleidhe a cainaltu-ghudh 7 a mochdingbail. Caidhe deach samfcha. Ni Itausa. Gal gan forran. Deasgaidh codulta frislige, ' Ac., ending: 'deasgaidh aineolais imreasaiu. Ni d'agallaim Cormaic 7 Cairpre coruici sin.' Lee, i.e. the Book of Lecan, a vellum of the fifteenth century. The leaves on which the Triads are found are now bound up with the codex H. 2. 17 belonging to Trinity College. It is a complete copy beginning on p. 1836: 'Ceand erenn Ardmacha, ' and ending on p. 1846: 'ceitheora aipgitri baisi baig connailbi gell imrcasain.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.