Dúan in chóicat cest
"Dúan in chóicat cest" ("a poem in fifty questions") is a medieval school poem in Middle Irish, also known by its incipit "Iarfaigid lib cóecait cest."[1][2][3][4]
Overview
[edit]The poem was sourced from British Library, MS Egerton 1782[5] and first published by Kuno Meyer in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie in 1903.[6]
The text is in the form of fifty questions on Old Testament history and theology. Notable features include:
- The claim that Elias and Enoch are unhappy in Paradise[7]
- the use of the name Seiri or Seiria for China, derived from Greek Serica.[8][9]
- The claim of Cain as inventor of agriculture[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Brogyanyi, Bela; Krömmelbein, Thomas (1 January 1986). Germanic Dialects: Linguistic and Philological Investigations. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 9027235260 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature. Cambridge University Press. 5 July 1993. ISBN 9780521419093 – via Google Books.
- ^ Abbott, François Fagel, Thomas Kingsmill; Library, Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 9783487411996 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Orchard, Andy (1 January 2003). Pride and Prodigies: Studies in the Monsters of the Beowulf-manuscript. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802085832 – via Google Books.
- ^ Peritia. Medieval Academy of Ireland. 5 October 1995. ISBN 9782503504681 – via Google Books.
- ^ Union Academique Internationale Bulletin du Cange Archiuum Latinitatis MeddII Aeui. Librairie Droz. ISBN 9782600053471 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cróinín, Dáibhí Ó (5 October 1983). The Irish Sex Aetates Mundi. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. ISBN 9780901282750 – via Google Books.
- ^ "eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary". dil.ie.
- ^ "Ériu". Royal Irish Academy. 5 October 1986 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bayless, Martha (5 October 1998). Collectanea Pseudo-Bedae. School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. ISBN 9781855001602 – via Google Books.