Cín Dromma Snechtai

Cín Dromma Snechtai

Cín Dromma Snechtai or Lebor Dromma Snechtai ("book of Druimm Snechta") is a now long-lost early Irish manuscript. Old Irish cín, derived from the Latin quinio "five", was a small book made of five folded vellum leaves; lebor, modern Irish leabhar, is the standard word for a book.[1] It is "named from the place of its origin or preservation, namely Druim(m) Snechta (Drumsnat, County Monaghan), where a monastery had been founded in the sixth century."[2]

Rudolf Thurneysen, who made a convincing reconstruction of its contents in 1912-13, proposed a date in the early 8th century for the writing of the book. Other scholars have proposed dates in the 9th or 10th century, although these are disputed. It is cited as a source by many of the most important early Irish manuscripts, including Lebor na hUidre, the Book of Leinster, the Book of Ballymote, the Great Book of Lecan, and the MS Egerton 88. It was probably no longer extant by the 17th century, as Geoffrey Keating made no use of it in compiling his Foras Feasa ar Éirinn. Texts believed to originate from the Cín Dromma Snechtai are notable for their archaic language, and include:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Early Medieval Ireland, Longman, 1995, pp. 172-173
  2. ^ Thomás Ó Concheanainn, "A Connacht Medieval Literary Heritage: Texts derived from Cín Dromma Snechtai through Lebor na hUidre", Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 16, Winter 1988, p. 3
  3. ^ John T. Koch, Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia, ABC-Clio, 2006, pp. 437-438
  4. ^ James Carney, "Language and Literature to 1169", in Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, A New History of Ireland Vol 1: Prehistoric and Early Ireland, Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 451-510

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