Lost and Found in Early Irish Law : : Aidbred, Heptad 64, and Muirbretha /

Lost and Found in Early Irish Law : : Aidbred, Heptad 64, and Muirbretha / / Charlene M. Eska.

Charlene M. Eska presents in this book a critical edition and translation of a newly discovered early Irish legal text on lost and stolen property, Aidbred. Although the Old Irish text itself is fragmentary, the copious accompanying commentaries provide a wealth of legal, historical, and linguistic...

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Superior document:Medieval Law and Its Practice ; 36
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Eska, Charlene M.,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Medieval Law and Its Practice ; 36.
Physical Description:1 online resource (464 pages)
Notes:The book presents a critical edition and translation of a newly discovered early Irish legal text on lost and stolen property, Aidbred, and also includes editions of two other texts concerning property found on land, Heptad 64, and at sea, Muirbretha.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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