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The ''Yellow Book of Lecan'' (''Leabhar Buidhe Leacáin''), or TCD MS 1318 (''olim'' H 2.16), is a late medieval Irish manuscript. It contains much of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, besides other material. ==Overview== The manuscript is written on vellum and contains 344 columns of text. The first 289 were written by 1391; the remainder were written by 1401. It is written in Middle Irish.〔 Lecan was the site of the Mac Fhirbhisigh school of poetry in the territory of Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe, now ''Lackan'' in Kilglass parish, County Sligo (). The manuscript is currently housed at Trinity College, Dublin. It should not be confused with the ''Great Book of Lecan''.〔(Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia )〕 The book contains nearly the whole of the Ulster Cycle, including a partial version of the ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' which is a compilation of two or more earlier versions, indicated by the number of duplicated episodes and references to other versions in the text.〔Reference is made to the fragmented nature of the story in a related tale, ''Do Fhallsigud Tána Bó Cuailnge'' ("The rediscovery of the ''Táin Bó Cuailnge''"), in the Book of Leinster, which begins: "The poets of Ireland one day were gathered around Senchán Torpéist, to see if they could recall the ''Táin Bó Cuailnge'' in its entirety. But they all said they knew only parts of it." Thomas Kinsella (trans., 1969), ''The Táin'', Oxford University Press.〕 This incomplete ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' overlaps with the partial version given in the Book of the Dun Cow; the complete text known today was derived from the combination of these recensions. The version of Fergus mac Róich's death tale in the ''Yellow Book of Lecan'' is the oldest one that survives. The ''Yellow Book of Lecan'' also contains parts of the Táin Bó Flidhais or the Mayo Táin, a tale set in Erris, Co. Mayo. In addition to that material which would be placed with certainty within the Ulster Cycle, the book has a later version of ''The Voyage of Máel Dúin'', a collection of Irish triads, and the same ogham tract as is recorded in the Book of Ballymote. Also of note is ''Suidiugud Tellaich Temra'' ("The settling of the manor of Tara"). It contains a story of the life of Saint Patrick as told by Fintan mac Bóchra that contains the account of Trefuilngid Tre-eochair, a giant at the Hill of Tara who is first to hear about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.〔 〔Trefuilngid's contradicts the well-known story death tale of Conchobar mac Nessa (also contained in the ''Yellow Book of Lecan'') that states the king knew 0f Christ's death when it happened and dropped dead because of the fact.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yellow Book of Lecan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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