|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
Book of the Dun Cow
Book of the Dun Cow. Irish name, Lebor (or Leabhar) na hUidre; the Irish name is preferred by many learned commentators, who sometimes employ the abbreviation LU. The oldest manuscript written entirely in Irish, compiled before 1106 at the great monastic centre of Clonmacnoise on the Shannon by, among others, a scribe named Máel Muire mac Céileachair. The codex contains texts of the Mythological Cycle and the Ulster Cycle, including a version of the epic Táin Bó Cuailnge. A vignette recorded later in a separate text explains the name of the codex. Fergus mac Róigh is described as being summoned from his grave to recite the Táin to St Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, who copied it down on the hide of a dark cow.
The manuscript disappeared after the Cromwellian conquest and reappeared in a bookshop in 1837; it is housed today in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. It has been published twice, first in facsimile, ed. J. T. Gilbert (Dublin, 1870), and second as edited by R. I. Best and Osborn Bergin (Dublin, 1929). Walter Wangerin's popular novel Book of the Dun Cow (New York, 1978) is unrelated to material in the codex. |
|
|
Cite this article
JAMES MacKILLOP. "Book of the Dun Cow." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Book of the Dun Cow." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-BookoftheDunCow.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Book of the Dun Cow." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-BookoftheDunCow.html |
|
Dun Cow, Book of the
Dun Cow, Book of the, an Irish manuscript of the 11th cent. containing mythological romances. A fragment of it survives, containing in particular many of the feats of Cuchulain.
|
|
|
Cite this article
MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dun Cow, Book of the." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dun Cow, Book of the." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DunCowBookofthe.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dun Cow, Book of the." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DunCowBookofthe.html |
|
Dun Cow, Book of the
Dun Cow, Book of the a fragmentary Irish manuscript of the 11th century, containing stories from Irish mythology, and in particular the deeds of Cuchulain.
|
|
|
Cite this article
ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dun Cow, Book of the." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dun Cow, Book of the." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-DunCowBookofthe.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dun Cow, Book of the." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-DunCowBookofthe.html |
|
Dun Cow, Book of the
Dun Cow, Book of the. See LEBOR NA HUIDRE.
|
|
|
Cite this article
JAMES MacKILLOP. "Dun Cow, Book of the." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Dun Cow, Book of the." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-DunCowBookofthe.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Dun Cow, Book of the." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-DunCowBookofthe.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
