Clavis Litterarum Hibernensium Medieval Irish Books & Texts (c. 400 - c. 1600)

Clavis Litterarum Hibernensium Medieval Irish Books & Texts (c. 400 - c. 1600) Donnchadh Ó Corráin Pages:3 vols, 1932 p. Size:155 x 245 mm Language(s):English, Latin Publication Year:2017 Buy print version ? 975,00 EXCL. VAT RETAIL PRICE ISBN: 978-2-503-54857-9 Hardback Available The first comprehensive survey of all medieval Irish literature, Latin, Irish, French & English, the CLH is a measure of the state of medieval Irish studies today. SUBJECT(S) Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures, Ancient History & Archaeology REVIEW(S) « L'extraordinaire richesse d'informations fournie par la CLH (.) permette une exploitation optimale de ce remarquable instrument. » (R. Godding, dans Analecta Bollandiana, 135//II, 2017, p. 436) "We congratulate Ó Corráin for his pioneering labour of love and Brepols for maintaining their impressive support for mediaeval literature in general and Irish studies in particular." (J.K. Elliott, in Novum Testamentum, 60, 2018, p. 222) « Voici, en trois épais volumes, une somme et un extraordinaire point de départ. » (A. Schoysman, dans Scriptorium Bulletin Codicologique, 1, 2018, p. 18) "It is no exaggeration to say that these books will open up the exegesis of this literature in ways that were formerly impossible. (.) It will be the task of the next generation of scholars to pursue this work piecemeal and to take up the challenge that O C. has bequeathed." (Michael Clarke, in Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch, 53/3, 2018, p. 499-500) "Even a brief perusal of this work demonstrates the quantity and quality of the medieval Irish literary achievement in both Latin and the vernacular and across a variety of genres. That he has largely achieved his goal is testament to the breadth and depth of Ó Corráin's knowledge, built over the course of a career spanning nearly half a century. The result of his labor of love is a landmark accomplishment that speaks in important ways about the current status of the discipline and will be valued by future generations of students and scholars alike." (Patrick Wadden, in The North American Journal of Celtic Studies, 3/1, 2019, p. 85) "In a towering beacon of scholarship of the kind that other countries expect of learned academies or institutes of advanced studies, Prof. Ó Corráin in this marvellous Clavis single-handedly (.) has produced 'a monument more lasting than bronze' (.) The Clavis is not just the book of the decade in Early Irish Studies; it is a work for the ages." (Dáibhí ó Cróinín, in History Ireland, vol. 27, no. 3, May/June 2019, p. 58-59) "For the scholar with a particular interest in medieval Ireland, this book offers something far greater: by ordering and enumerating this mass of sources with appropriate bibliographical references within the confines of one volume, Donnchadh Ó Corráin has helped to make the medieval Irish literary tradition as a whole more visible, and more comprehensible. This Clavis will stand as a lasting testimony to a master scholar." (Clare Stancliffe, in The Journal of Theological Studies, 70/2, 2019, p. 884) "Only occasionally does a work appear whose impact on our praxis of scholarship is so great that anyone working in the field must thereafter take account of it. Even fewer are the occasions when a work that is, of its nature, taxonomic and bibliographical can claim such a significance. (.) looking at entry after entry one is staggered that Ó Corráin could not only assemble such a vast array of detail but orchestrate it so that others' work is focused and lightened over the whole range of the material. (.) The CLH is, therefore, a measure of the state of medieval Irish studies today." (Thomas O'Loughlin, in The Irish Theologcial Quarterly 85/1, 2020, p. 80-86) "Ó Corráin's erudition and status as one of the founding fathers of the modern discipline of Irish medieval history qualified him as the perfect editor of this authoritative, comprehensive, rationally organized, and easy-to-