Kuno Meyer

Kuno Meyer
Kuno Meyer (1858–1919) was a German scholar and Celticist, known for his significant contributions to the study of early Irish literature and language. He was instrumental in introducing Irish texts to a wider audience, translating and editing works such as "The Vision of MacConglinne" and "The Voyage of Bran". Meyer also founded the journal "Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie" and promoted the study of Celtic languages across Europe. His research had a lasting impact on the preservation and understanding of medieval Irish culture.

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PREFACE The collection of Irish Triads, which is here edited and translated for the first time, has come down to us in the following nine manuscripts, dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century:— L, i.e. the Yellow Book of Lecan, a vellum of the end of the fourteenth century, pp. 414b—418a, a complete copy. B, i.e. the Book of Ballymote, a vellum of the end of the fourteenth century, pp.... more...

INTRODUCTION In offering this collection of translations from early Irish poetry to a wider public I feel that I am expected to give a brief account of the literature from which they are taken—a literature so little known that its very existence has been doubted or denied by some, while others, who had the misfortune to make its acquaintance in ill-chosen or inadequate renderings, have refused to... more...