Lebor na Cert
Lebor na Cert ( Old Irish [ Levor na Gert ] neuirisch Leabhar na gCeart [ lʲaʊɾ nə Gart ], "The Book of Rights") is an Irish collection of texts , are listed in the duties and taxes that the king of Cashel (now in the County Tipperary ) owed to or received from other Kings in Ireland .
The work consists almost exclusively of lists and rhyming enumerations that record whether it is a question of tributes or voluntary contributions, such as the number of oxen, cows, horses, rams, sleepers, slaves ( cuthe [ 'kuθ'e ]), weapons , Fidchell games and beehives they must contain and how long the king should be fed when visiting.
According to tradition, the first writing was made around 450 and was completed by Cormac and others Culleannáin, the bishop and king of Cashel, around 900. After comparing texts with the real political situation in Ireland, however, most literary historians, such as Daniel Anthony Binchy (1900–1989), assume that it originated in the 11th century. The work is in Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta ("The Book of Ballymote"), in Leabhar Deathan Lios Mòir ("The Book of the Dean of Lismore") and in Leabhar Mór Leacain ("The Great Book of Lecan", not to be confused with the Leabhar Buidhe Lecain , the "Yellow Book of Lecan"), passed down in copies.
literature
- Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 .
- Myles Dillon: Lebor na Cert: The Book of Rights. Irish Texts Society, Dublin 1962.
Web links
- Myles Dillon ( transl .): Lebor na gCert, The Book of Rights. Book of Lismore & Lecan version, in: Celtic Literatur Collective
- John T. Koch: Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia, volumes 1-5. ABC-CLIO, 2006, ISBN 9781851094400 , p. 1126. ( books.google.de )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 990.