Английская Википедия:Dúan in chóicat cest
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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates "Dúan in chóicat cest" ("a poem in fifty questions") is a medieval school poem in Middle Irish, also known by its incipit "Iarfaigid lib cóecait cest."[1][2][3][4]
Overview
The poem was sourced from British Library, MS Egerton 1782[5] and first published by Kuno Meyer in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie in 1903.[6]
The text is in the form of fifty questions on Old Testament history and theology. Notable features include:
- The claim that Elias and Enoch are unhappy in Paradise[7]
- the use of the name Seiri or Seiria for China, derived from Greek Serica.[8][9]
- The claim of Cain as inventor of agriculture[10]
See also
References
External links
- Full text on CELT
- Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 4; the Duan in choicet cest is on pages 234–240
