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Lebor gabála Érenn 2C. Cesair

prose
Lebor gabála Érenn

An account of the settlement of Ireland by Cesair, granddaughter of Noah, before the Flood.

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Lebor gabála Érenn/2. De gabálaib Érenn

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Form

prose (primary)

Associated items

Capa is Laigni is Luasad grindCapa is Laigni is Luasad grind

Early Irish poem (9 st.) in Lebor gabála Érenn concerning the arrival of three fishermen from Spain to Ireland before the Flood.

Classification

Lebor gabála Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn

id. 4019

Subjects

Cesair

Cesair

Cesair or Cessair, daughter of Bíth and granddaughter of Noah

Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Macalister, R. A. Stewart [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, vol. 2, Irish Texts Society, 35, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1933.

Concerning this section in the recensions which he calls R¹, Min, R² and R³, Macalister writes that it “has suffered modification in translation from the original Latin and in subsequent transmission [...] and in consequence two versions R¹ and R², differing widely, have come into being. [...] The version [of this section] in Min need not detain us: it does not differ essentially from R¹. We turn now to R³, which in this section is very clumsy and awkward patchwork, based upon the two earlier versions, with the addition of some extraneous matter. [...] The close relationship of his [the compiler's] MS of R¹ (*Q), to F, observed in the preceding section is here maintained.”