Stair Ercuil ocus a bás.
The life and death of Hercules.
Edited and translated, with notes, glossary, etc., by Gordan Quin.

Description

Main Author

Stair Ercuil.

Related Names

Quin, Gordon.
Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460.

Language(s)

English

Published

Dublin, Pub. for the Irish texts society, by the Educational company of Ireland, ltd., 1939.

Subjects

Irish language > Irish language / Middle Irish, 1100-1550 > Irish language / Middle Irish, 1100-1550 / Texts.
Hercules (Roman mythology)

Note

"The text...exists...in one manuscript only, that numbered H. 2.7 in the Library of Trinity college, Dublin... The source...is Raoul Lefevre's 'Recueil des histoires de Troyes,' finished...in 1464... The exploits of Hercules occupy part of Book I and the whole of Book II of the 'Recueil.'" -- Introd., p. [xiii]-xv.
Irish and English on opposite pages.

Physical Description

xl, 263, [1] p. 23 cm.

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