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Auraicept na n-Eces: The Scholars' Primer

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Auraicept na n-Eces is a medieval Irish grammatical primary text, and this 1917 edition by George Calder gives both the original text and its translation, including the Briatharogaim word-oghams and the tract's elaborate alternative ogham schemes, letting a reader check a specific claim against the source itself. As a primary text in edited translation it is authoritative for what this medieval tract actually says about the ogham letters, not for whether the tract's own claims about the letters' origin are historically accurate, since the Auraicept itself is a much later scholastic composition about an older script. Use it to establish what this specific medieval source records about ogham; a claim about the script's actual earlier historical use needs an epigraphic source instead.

Facts
Citation
Author
George Calder (ed.)
Publisher
John Grant
Publication Year
1917
URL
https://archive.org/details/auraicept00calduoft
Source Type
primary-text
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
George Calder's scholarly edition and translation of the medieval Irish grammatical tract transmitting the ogham letter lists and the Briatharogaim word-oghams.
Notes
Edition and translation of the medieval Irish grammatical tract that transmits the ogham letter lists, the Briatharogaim (word-oghams) and the elaborate alternative ogham schemes.
Claims Backed By This Source (124 claims)

This source backs 124 claims across the atlas. As facts: 58 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 32 holds. Plus 33 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Ogham Fews, 70 claims: 18 well-attested, 26 holds, 26 general references.
  • Aicmi (Ogham Groups), 18 claims: 7 well-attested, 6 holds, 5 general references.
  • Articles, 17 claims: 17 well-attested.
  • Esoteric Texts, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
  • Disciplines, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.

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