Iona: the Earliest Poetry of a Celtic Monastery by Thomas Owen Clancy
Eight rare poems, written at Iona monastery between 563AD and the early 8th century, translated from the original Latin and Gaelic and fully annotated with literary commentary.
Iona
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Eight rare poems, written at Iona monastery between 563AD and the early 8th century, translated from the original Latin and Gaelic and fully annotated with literary commentary.
Iona Summary
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The book may well contain just eight poems, but the accompanying commentaries and historical detail are fascinating and lucidly presented. -- Hugh Dan MacLennan Priests and People The book may well contain just eight poems, but the accompanying commentaries and historical detail are fascinating and lucidly presented. Priests and People
About Thomas Owen Clancy
Thomas Clancy is Lecturer in the Department of Celtic at the University of Glasgow.
Table of Contents
Attributed to Columbia - Altus Prosator, Adiutor Laborantium; Noli Pater; Dallan Forgaill (c 600) - Amra Choluimb Chille (elegy for Columbia); Beccan mac Luigdech (c 650) - Fo Reir Choluimb (Bound to Colum), To-fed andes (He brings Northward); Adomnan (D 704) - Colum Cille; Cu Chuimne - (D 747) Cantemus in omne die (Hymn to Mary).
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GOR006224639
9780748605316
0748605312
Iona: the Earliest Poetry of a Celtic Monastery by Thomas Owen Clancy
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Edinburgh University Press
19950410
282
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