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- Title
Meid, W. (ed.): Der Rinderraub. Táin Bó Cúailnge in Auszügen ...
- Authors
Kobel, Chantal
- Abstract
The Journal for Celtic Philology has published a review of the book "Der Rinderraub. Táin Bó Cúailnge in Auszügen" by Wolfgang Meid. The book contains a new edition with a German translation of excerpts from Recension I of the Táin Bó Cúailnge. It is based on four manuscript sources and includes an extensive commentary section. The book is available in a hardcover edition and a more affordable softcover edition. It is aimed at beginners and offers a restored version of the well-known Irish text. The review points out that the edition has some shortcomings, such as the lack of support for some restored spellings in the manuscripts and the disregard of modern linguistic insights and textual criticism. It is also noted that some of the interpreted forms contradict established knowledge. Nevertheless, the edition provides a valuable opportunity to engage with orthographic and linguistic modernizations that are important for understanding Old Irish.
- Subjects
TEXTUAL criticism; PHILOLOGY; ORTHOGRAPHY &; spelling; MANUSCRIPTS; TRANSLATING &; interpreting
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, 2023, Vol 70, Issue 1, p216
- ISSN
0084-5302
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/zcph-2023-0014