The Irish Adam and Eve Story I

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The Irish Adam and Eve Story I
From Saltair na Rann
Volume I:
Text and translation by
David Greene and Fergus Kelly
ISBN 185500089X
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1976

All work on Saltair na Rann (SR) has hitherto been based on the edition published by Whitley Stokes in 1883. This is in effect a diplomatic transcription of the text preserved in the 12th Century manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, known as Rawlinson B 502 (R); a facsimile of this manuscript was published in 1909.
Most usually read in university courses in Middle Irish and with that audience in mind, the present volume offers a text and translation, with a modicum of linguistic annotation and should thus be suitable for class work.