Book of Armagh
The Book of Armagh or Codex Ardmachanus, also known as Patrick Kanon or Liber Ar ( d) machanus, is an Irish manuscript from the 9th century. It is written largely in Latin.
The Book of Armagh is located in the library of Trinity College, Dublin (MS 52). Significant is the manuscript because it contains early texts on Saint Patrick and some of the oldest passages in the Old Irish language. It is also one of the first written manuscripts in the British Isles, which contains a nearly complete version of the New Testament.
According to legend, the book is said to have belonged to the Saint Patrick himself and to have been written by him. The research, however, assumes that the oldest part of the manuscript was supported by a copyist named Ferdomnach of Armagh, who died around 845 or 846, written. Thus Ferdomnach has created the book by 807 or 808.
Content
The Book of Armagh consists of three parts: a collection of texts about Saint Patrick, the New Testament and a collection of texts about Saint Martin.
Texts for Saint Patrick
- Muirchú maccu Machtheni, Vita sancti Patricii ( Life of Saint Patrick )
- Dicta Patricii
- Tírechán, Collectanea de Vita S. Patricii ( Tírechán 's life of Saint Patrick )
- Notulae
- Liber Angeli, The Book of Angels
- Confession, The Confession of Saint Patrick
Latin New Testament
The manuscript contains a nearly complete Latin New Testament, based on the Vulgate, but in it are also included readings of the Vetus Latina. Also included are the Eusebische canon, a preface to the New Testament and commentary on individual books of Pelagius. Also included is the Laodizenerbrief but which is indicated by the warning of Jerome as spurious.
Texts for Saint Martin
- Sulpicius Severus, Vita S. Martini, the life of Saint Martin of Tours
- Dialogi de S. Martino
- Epistola ad Eusebium
- Epistola ad Aurelium
Date of the Book of Armagh
Most of the texts in the Book of Armagh was around 807 of Ferdomnach, scribe of Armagh, copied. In the Middle Ages was supported by Armagh rumored that the Book of Armagh back to Patrick himself. For this reason, some colophons were deleted which contained information about the true writer and the client. Therefore, until the 19th century, the date of the Book was uncertain. Mid-19th century examined Rev. Charles Graves, the book and first used chemical agents to make extinguished passages in the manuscript again visible. He identified the name of the writer, Ferdomnach, and the principal, Bishop Torbach. According to the Annals of the Four Masters Torbach was only a year bishop ( consecrated in 807) and died in the year 808 The book has since been dated to the year 807.