Apocrypha Hiberniae II: Apocalyptica
The third and final volume of Apocrypha Hiberniae II: Apocalyptica has just been published, as part of the Corpus Christianorum Series Apocryphorum!
This collection of medieval Irish texts describing the end of the world includes an edition and translation, with detailed introduction and notes, of 鈥淧oems 153-162 of Saltair na Rann鈥�, by Caitr铆ona 脫 Dochartaigh; it complements the second volume of The End and Beyond: Medieval Irish Eschatology, edited by John Carey, Emma Nic C谩rthaigh and Caitr铆ona 脫 Dochartaigh (2014; ), the book resulting from the Department鈥檚 IRCHSS-funded project 鈥楧e Finibus: Christian Representations of the Afterlife in Medieval Ireland鈥� (2009-2012).
The first volume was an edition of the first and second recensions of the cosmological apocalypse In Tenga Bithn煤a, by John Carey; and the second volume included editions of the eschatological works F铆s Adomn谩in and D谩 Br贸n Flatha Nime, also by John Carey.
Apocrypha Hiberniae is produced by an editorial board that includes John Carey, M谩ire Herbert and Caitr铆ona 脫 Dochartaigh, operating under the auspices of the Association pour l鈥櫭塼ude de la Litt茅rature Apocryphe Chr茅tienne (AELAC). The publication of this volume marks AELAC鈥檚 fortieth anniversary.
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