Inisfallen Ogham Text
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The Inisfallen Ogham text is an entry in Ogham script in the Annals of Inisfallen , a chronicle of Ireland's medieval history . This Ogham text is recorded in Latin for the reporting year AD 1193.
description
The Annals of Inisfallen are now in the Bodleian Library , the university library of Oxford University , England . They were recorded by monks at Innisfallen Abbey , located on Innisfallen Island , County Kerry , Ireland , including the Ogham text. According to a report on the construction of the Brí Uis castle in 1193, the three-line Ogham entry follows, with the third line consisting only of a trunk line without letters. The Ogham Lines page is from the Bodleian Library under MS. Rawlinson B. 503, fol. 40 verso “archived.
inscription
In this late medieval manuscript, periods are used as word separators . In the classic Ogham inscriptions on the Ogham stones from the 4th to 10th centuries, however, there are no word separations by dots or lines. This was only the case with some rune stones .
Ogham inscription and transmission:
NUM (M) US FEE SINE
NUM (M) O NULLUS AMATURE
Translation:
- Money is honored without
- Money is nobody loved.
Specialty
The Latin Inisfallen Ogham text is one of the oldest entries in medieval manuscripts , along with the Bernese Ogham characters overview (around 800 AD) and the Vatican Ogham character series (12th century) . The oldest Irish-language Ogham entries in manuscripts date from the 14th century.
literature
- Corfield, Justin: The Ogham Celtic script is derived from the Norse Rune script , in: Popular Controversies in World History. Investigating History's Intriguing Questions, ed. by Steven L. Danver, Santa Barbara / USA 2010.
- O'Connor, Charles: Descriptive Catalog of the Manuscripts of The Stowe Library 1 , Buckingham 1818.
- McManus, Damian: A Guide to Ogam , Maynooth Monographs 4, Maynooth 1991
- Patton, John-Paul: The Poet's Ogam. A Living Magical Tradition , Belfast 2010.
Web links
- Annalen von Inisfallen: Page with the Ogham entry (under "View All" then "fol. 40 verso")
- Ogham text with translation and English translation on the website of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (No. 13; numbering in each case top left)
- Gippert, Jost: OGAM. An early Celtic invention of script, pp. 12–13
- West Cork History, entries for September 25, 2015
References and comments
- ↑ Annals page with the Ogham entry (under "View All" then "fol. 40 verso")
- ^ West Cork History, entries for September 25, 2015
- ^ Bodleian Library page with the Ogham entry
- ↑ McManus, p. 135