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Auraicept Na N-Éces í=0 Im i=o :r^ the pResence of this Book in thej.m. kelly liBRaRV has Been maóe possiBle thROuqh the qeneROSitv of Stephen B. Roman From the Library of Daniel Binchy AURAICEPT NA N-ECES THE SCHOLARS' PRIMER ^ AURAICEPT NA N-ECES THE SCHOLARS' PRIMER BEING THE TEXTS OF THE OGHAM TRACT FROM THE BOOK OF BALLVMOTE AND THE VELLOW BOOK OF LECAN, AND THE TEXT OF THE TREFHOCUL FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER EDITEU FROM EIGÍIT MANUSCRIPTS, WITII INTRODUCTION, TRANSLATION OF THE BALLVMOTE TEXT, NOTES, AND INDICES GEORGE CALDER, B.D. Lectiirer in Celtic, University of Glasgow EDINBURGH: JOHN GRANT 31 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE 1917 A CHUM GLOIRE DHE AGUS MAR CHUIMHNEACHAN AIR MO BHRÁTHAIR lAIN NACH MAIREANN NOTUS IN FRATRES ANIMI l'ATERNI PREFACE The appearance of the Auraicept at the present tÍFie, however ínopportune, is necessary, because long overdue. Recent events have exercised, it is to be fearf.d, an adverse influence at least temporarily on Celtic studles, and to my deep regret I find myself constrained matírially to curtail this preface. But I beg of all friends who have assisted me in this undertaking, whether by encouragement or advice, to accept my heartfelt thanks. I am specially indebted to Mr E. C. Quiggin for his kindness in giving me his transcript of the Egerton MS., to Mr W. J. Purton for help in deciphering some difficult words in the MSS., ^co Prof, Lindsay for friendly criticism, chiefly on the extracts from his edition of the Origines, and to Mr Malcolm MacFarlane for the labour of verifying the references of the Indices to the Text, and for pointing out some errors. Every facility has been given by the LÁbrarians of the Universities of Glasgow and Edinbuígh, the Advocates' Library, the Royal Irish Acadcmy, and Trinity College, Dublin. The Carnegie Trust has generously borne part of the expense of publication. G. C. i , Glasgow, November 1916. CONTENTS MSS. Transcribed or Collated .... xiii AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO OR QUOTED . XV INTRODUCTION . * xix I. Text with Translation ..... 2 II. Text Untranslated . .171 Trefhocul with Examples ..... 258 De Duilib Feda ....... 270 Ogam. Prologue and Examples, with Translation . 272 Photographs of Ogham Alphabets, with Transcript OF the Interlinear Explanations and Translation thereof ....... 300 Glossarial Index . .315 INDEX OF PlACES, TRIBES, AND NaTIONS . 362 INDEX OF PeRSONS ....... 368 MSS. TRANSCRIBED OR COLLATED FiRST Familv (Short Text). BB., B. Book of Ballymote (308 /3 44-333) I4th century, R. I.A. E. MS. I., Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. L. Boolí of Lecan, R.I.A. M., HM. Book of Hy Maine (Trefhocul, with examples), R.I.A. B, E, L contain the mnemonic poem but not the Trefhocul, Second Familv (Long Text). YBL. Vellow Book of Lecan (219 a 23-241 (3 13). T.C.D. Eg. Egerton, 88 (63 i b 26-76 i a 41), British Museum. YBL, Eg. do not contain the mnemonic poem or the Trefhocul. T. H.4.22 (pp. 159-207) T.C.D. This MS. is intermediate between the first and the second family. It does not contain either the Trefhocul or the mnemonic poem, but it has a poem of about 200 verses on early Bible history. LL. xii. century, T.C.D. The Tref hocul with examples. Ed. MS. vii. II b 1-39, Advocates' Library, the beginning of a glossary of the Auraicept which closely resembles the Lecan glossary. xiii AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO OR QUOTED. A.U. The Annals of Ulster, vol. i., ed. Hennessy, Dublin, 1887 ; vol. ii., ed. MacCarthy. Acall. Acallamh na Senórach, ed. Stolces, Irische Texte iv., Leipzig, 1900. ALIL Ir. Dicht. Uber die Álteste Irische Dichtung, ed. K. Meyer, SPA., 1913. Mn. The Irish ^neid, Irish Texts Society, London, 1907. Aisl. Aislinge Meic Conglinne, ed. K. Meyer, London, 1892. Anec. Anecdota from Irish Manuscripts, Dublin, 1907-12. Arch. C. P. Archiv fiir Celtische Lexikographie. Ascoli. 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