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  • Record Number: 2731
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Howlett , David.
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  • Title: The Brigitine Hymn "Xpistus in Nostra Insula" [Latin text and English translation of three stanzas of what may have been a complete alphabetical hymn; the author demonstrates a complex alpha-numeric scheme in the hymn] ;
  • Source: Peritia: Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland 12, ( 1998): Pages 79 - 86.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Edition of Text;Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Brigit, Abbess of Kildare, Saint Editing Texts Hagiography Hymns Ireland Latin Literature Ultan Moccu Conchobuir, Bishop of Ard Breccain Xpistus in Nostra Insula, Latin Hymn
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 7-8
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  • Abstract: This article presents in an edition of the Brigitine hymn "Xpistus in nostra insula" mixed evidence of coherence and integrity with new arguments for authorship by bishop Ultán moccu Conchobuir of Árd Breccáin (†657) [Reproduced by permission of Brepols Publishers.]
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  • Author's Affiliation: Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford;david.howlett@bodley.ox.ac.uk
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English;Latin
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03321592