Auraicept na nÉces
Auraicept na n-Éces [ ˈaurikʲept na ˈnʲeːgʲes ] ("Guide for the learned poets") is the name of a collection of treatises on the Irish language . The original author is considered to be the scholar Longarad, who is said to have begun the first chapters as early as the 7th century. According to another tradition, the first book of the work was written by Cenn Fáelad mac Ailella .
This work has survived in two manuscripts from the 14th to the 16th century, which have been expanded compared to the original version, but contain different versions. The treatise begins with an introduction on the origins of the Irish language in connection with the Babylonian confusion . This is followed by information on the Ogam script as well as the grammar and metrics of Irish as required by the filid ("poets"). The work is an attempt by monks to apply the Latin rules to their mother tongue. The basis is the works of the classical grammarians Aelius Donatus and Priscianus as well as the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville .
See also
literature
- James Acken: Structure and Interpretation in the Auraicept na nÉces. VDM Verlag, 2008, ISBN 9783639020304
- George Calder: Auraicept na n-éces: The scholars' primer: being the texts of the Ogham tract from the Book of Ballymote and the Yellow Book of Lecan, and the text of the Trefhocul from the Book of Leinster. Edited from eight manuscripts, with introduction, translation of the Ballymote text, notes, and indices by George Calder. John Grant, Edinburgh 1917 (reprinted 1995.)
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .
- Erich Poppe , The medieval Irish treatise Auraicept na nÉces and their intellectual historical location. In: Theory and Reconstruction, ed. by Klaus D. Dutz & Hans-J. Lower marriage. Münster: Nodus, 1996, 55–74.
Web links
- Full text of the Auraicept na n-éces (edited by George Calder, 1917) in several formats