Lost and Found in Early Irish Law

Charlene M. Eska, Ph.D. (2006), in Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, is a Professor in the Department of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Her publications focus on medieval Irish legal texts and manuscripts, including Cáin Lánamna: An Old Irish Tract on Marriage and Divorce Law (Brill, 2010) and A Raven’s Battle-Cry: The Limits of Judgment in the Medieval Irish Legal Tract Anfuigell (Brill, 2019).

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

Abbreviations

Plates

Irish Legal Tracts Cited in This Volume

Measures of Value



Introduction

 Aidbred

 Heptad 64

 Muirbretha



Manuscript Sources

 Aidbred

 Heptad 64

 Muirbretha



Concordances of MS Sources with CIH



Notes on the Dates of the Texts



Editorial Method



Aidbred: Text, Variants, Commentary, and Translation



Heptad 64: Text, Variants, Commentary, and Translation



Muirbretha: Text, Variants, Commentary, and Translation



Appendix 1: Transcriptions of the Canonical Tract of Aidbred

Appendix 2: Source Q [CIH 1144.36–1145.11], RIA 23 Q 6, Digest A (8)

Appendix 3: Source JJ [CIH 1314.7–35], BL MS Egerton 88, Digest B (27)

Appendix 4: Source P [CIH 711.24–713.26], TCD MS 1337 [H.3.18], with Variants from Source FF [CIH 859.34–861.14]

Appendix 5: Commentary Associated with Cáin Aicillne [CIH 1786.26–29 and 1788.10–26], TCD MS 1336 [H.3.17]

Appendix 6: Source U [CIH 2110.10–19], TCD MS 1336 [H.3.17]

Appendix 7: Source W [CIH 684.17–21], TCD MS 1337 [H.3.18]

Appendix 8: Source Z [CIH 673.35–674.25], TCD MS 1337 [H.3.18]

Appendix 9: Heptad 54 [CIH 49.8–35] and Selected Glosses Relevant to Muirbretha, Source E, Oxford, Rawl. B. 487

Appendix 10: Citations from a Variety of Texts Which Refer to the muirchuirthe

Appendix 11: Regarding Fishing Rights [CIH 369.9, 12–16]

Appendix 12: List of Variant MS Readings against CIH

Glossary

Bibliography

Index