Bretha nemed toísech ‘The first Bretha nemed (‘Judgments concerning privileged persons’)’
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As possible sources for the present text, Breatnach mentions Collectio canonum Hibernensis, Ántéchtae and Críth gablach.(1)n. 1 Liam Breatnach, Companion to CIH (2005): 190–191.
Old Irish legal tract which offers a systematic examination of the principles of legal rank and status in early Irish society, focusing on the free and noble classes. Its composition has been dated to the first half of the eighth century.
Nero A 7 CIH 2211-2232 |
Contents | Passages in Nero A 7 corresponding to citations |
Citations (CIH) | Citations by title BN unless stated otherwise |
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The Church (Nero A 7, CIH 2211.1-2213.29) | ||||
CIH 2211.1-2213.29 | § 1. Definition of the privileged classes (nemed), with its division into two tiers:
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CIH 2100.11-15 | ||
§ 2. Introduction to §§ 3-14 | CIH 2100.16-17 | |||
§ 3. On the "good qualifications ennobling a church", in part translated from the Collectio canonum Hibernensis | CIH 2100.17-24 & 1531.9 (O’Dav); 1305.38-40; 1531.11; 1562.18-19 | |||
§ 4. On the privileges of a (qualified) church, e.g. that it cannot be held accountable for crimes or offences committed by others. | CIH 2100.25-26 1989.19-21; cp. 1421.17 |
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§ 5. The three things on account of which churches may pursue claims against other churches. This section concludes by citing Ántéchtae breth. | CIH 2100.27-29 | |||
§ 6 | CIH 2211.27 | CIH CIH 2100.38-39; 978.29-33; 1099.24-28 | CIH 978f [note with title]
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§ 7 | CIH 1498.3-4 (O'Dav) | |||
§ 8 | CIH 2100.33 1920.39 = 1148.16, 1310.19; CormY 1225 |
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§ 9 | CIH 2100.34 | |||
§ 10 | CIH 2100.34 | |||
§ 11 | CIH 2100.35 | |||
§ 12 | CIH 2100.36 | |||
§ 13 | CIH 1478.39 (O'Dav 340) = 1480.42 (O'Dav 407) | |||
§ 14 | CIH 1595.21 = 639.18, 2264.7, 686.37, 1233.2, 704.25 CIH 1528.16 (O'Dav 1529) |
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§ 15 | CIH 1473.29 (O'Dav 194) | |||
§ 16 | CIH 1523.33 (O'Dav 1424) | |||
§ 17 | ||||
§ 18 | ||||
§ 19 | ||||
§ 20 | ||||
§ 21 | CIH 1479.1 (O’Dav 341), 1528.18 (O’Dav 1530), 950.15 | |||
§ 22 | CIH 1498.5 (O'Dav 830); 1512.1 (O'Dav 1148); 1473.26 (O’Dav 192); 1528.21 (O'Dav 1531); 1519.33 (O'Dav 1334); Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16, ff 146a28-37. | |||
§ 23 | CIH 1473.28 (O’Dav 193) | |||
§ 24 | CIH 1466.16 (O'Dav 5); 620.32; 1523.32 (O'Dav 1423) | |||
most of it addressed to Morand and concerned with poets (Nero A 7, CIH 2213.29-2221.7) | ||||
CIH 2213.29-2221.7 | Reference (CIH 2213.30) to Críth gablach | CIH 2214.2,20 | CormY 689 | |
CIH 2214.12 | CIH 551.29 | |||
CIH 2214.40 | CIH 1535.4 | |||
CIH 2215.3 | CormY 676 | |||
CIH 2215.11f | CIH 1964i [BN t.] | |||
CIH 2217.8 | CormY 876 | |||
CIH 2217.27,30 | CormY 430 | |||
CIH 2219.22 | CIH 1562b | |||
half of it addressed to Neire; mostly about judges and judgments (Nero A 7, CIH 2221.8-2230.1; 2232.17-37; 2230.1-2232.17) | ||||
CIH 2221.8-2230.1 | CIH 2222.26 | CIH 1967g [BN t.] | ||
CIH 2223.19 | CormY 143 | |||
CIH 2223.21 | CormY 142 | |||
CIH 2223.22f | CIH 2004f [BN t.] | |||
CIH 2223.25 | CormY 536 | |||
CIH 2223.28 | CormY 971 | |||
CIH 2223.32 | CormY 304 | |||
CIH 2225.7 | CIH 1920e [BN t.] | |||
CIH 2225.12 ff. | CIH 876.27 without citation | |||
CIH 2227.1 | CIH 363.25 and 365.13 without citation. | |||
CIH 2228.10 | CIH 963.27 | |||
[2230.6 ff clientship, lordship] | ||||
Passage in CIH 2232.33-37 also occurs in Scéla Moṡauluim | ||||
Sources
Notes
Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
Numbered pp. 745–1138; diplomatic edition of legal material from Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 (continued, pp. 745–1109); Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1317 (pp. 1111–1138).
Edition and translation of the parts of Bretha nemed corresponding to CIH 2213.34-2215.14 (I); CIH 2215.15-35 (II); CIH 2219.4-14 (III); CIH 2219.16-31 (IV); CIH 2220.17-25 (V); CIH 2220.26-29 (VI); CIH 1117.29-35 (VII); CIH 1119.35-39 (VIII); CIH 1124.20-24 (IX); CIH 1124.30-37 (X); CIH 1125.2-6 (XI); CIH 1125.8-14 (XII); CIH 1131.14-27 (XIII); CIH 1131.27-39 (XIV); Ériu 13: 43.6-21 (XV); ... (XVI).
Secondary sources (select)
A companion to D. A. Binchy, CIH (1978). Review article: Neil McLeod, ‘Review,A true companion to the Corpus iuris Hibernici’, Peritia 19 (2005).
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