Cormac’s Rule

An electronic edition

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Printed source of this electronic edition

‘Cormac’s Rule’, ed. John Strachan, Ériu 2 (1905) 62-68

Manuscript sources of printed text

1. Bibliothèque Royale Brussels Ms 5100-4, pp. 29 et seqq.

2. Royal Irish Academy Ms 23 N 10, cat. no. 967, pp. 78-79

3. Royal Irish Academy Ms 23 P 3, cat. no. 1242, fol. 14 b

4. Royal Irish Academy Ms 23 N 11, cat. no. 487

Language:

Old Irish. There is “nothing in the language of the poem to show that it cannot have been written towards the end of the ninth century” (Strachan, p. 62).

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Thesaurus Linguae Hibernicae,
University College Dublin
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Project funder: Professor Marianne McDonald (University of California, San Diego) via the Ireland Funds.

Date: Final mark-up completed 2006-06-26

Text ID: js.eriu.2.001

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List of witnesses:

A1: Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, 5100-4, pp. 29 sq.
A2: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23 N 10, pp. 78-79.
B: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23 P 3, fol. 14 b.

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