Lebor na huidre = Book of the dun cow PDF
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//íto«o 6loJk*4i-Z^ LEBOR NA HUIDRE LEBOR NA HU1DRE COW BOOK OF THE DUN EDITED BY R. I. BEST and OSBORN BERGIN PUBLISHED FOR THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY DUBLIN HODGES, FIGGIS, & CO. LONDON: WILLIAMS & NOKGATE 1929 PREFACE The lithographic Facsimile ofLebor naHuidreexecuted by Joseph O'Longan, and published by the Royal Irish Academy in 1870, having been out of print for many years, the Council decided in 1921 to issue under our joint editorship a new edition ofthe ms., to be printed in Roman characters, in which the different hands, more especially the numerous interpolations to which atten- tion had recently been drawn, and which gave a new character to the ms.,should be distinguished bydifferent founts of type. The aim of the present edition is to — provide not a critical text so many ofthe tracts being — defective owing to lacunae in the volume butratheran accurate transcript, which will supplement the ' Fac- simile' and present the evidence of the ms. in a more convenient form. Some apology is necessary for the long delay that has ensued since the work was taken in hands. The task of editing, owing largely to difficulties ofinterpre- tation, proved more arduous and exactingthan had been anticipated. The entire work, both in ms. and in proof, was collated more than once with the original by both editors, and frequent revision of the text took place. The final comparison was with the ' Facsimile,' when a number ofinadmissible readingsofthefacsimilist, which had before been overlooked, were noted, together with PREFACE vi certain inconsistencies of our own, indicated in the Introduction. We hope that it may not be found necessary to add considerably to the list ofCorrigenda, which in works such as this is almost inevitable. We desire here to express our appreciation of the skilful manner in which the University Press has seconded our efforts in the execution of this compli- cated work, so long in the press. R. I. B. O. B. J. Dublin, 10thFebruary, 1929.
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