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Extracts from the final third of Senchas Már

Cols 658^(ra)–661.

No. 658 is not a column but a folio with four columns (two on either side).

col. 658^(ra)

[Bésgnae Ráithe]

In the margin: short extract on aitire, probably from Bésgnae Ráithe (Breatnach). Ed. CIH 2103.33ff.

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col. 658^(ra)

[Tract on marriage and divorce] Incipit: ‘Nach tualaing in ben...’

i.e. folio 658ra. Short extract, probably from the Tract on marriage and divorce (Breatnach). Ed. CIH 2103.35ff.

[Fidbretha]

Extract concerning trees, probably from Fidbretha (Breatnach). Ed. CIH 2106.3ff.

In the margins: extract concerning cattle and sheep. Ed. CIH 2106.15ff.

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col. 658^(va)

[Di brethaib gaire] Heading/rubric: ‘De brethaib gaire’

i.e. folio 658va. Ed. CIH 2106.34ff.

col. 658^(va).37

i.e. folio 658va (line 37).

col. 658^(va)

i.e. folio 658va. Marginal writing

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col. 658^(vb)

Incipit: ‘Cuad dá ord .x.’

i.e. folio 658vb.

col. 658b

[Caput Christi charm ] Incipit: ‘Caput Cristi oculus isaie frons helie nassur...’

Charm against headache. This part, unnumbered, has been designated 658b in the TCD catalogue (Abbott and Gwynn).

No. 659 is not a column but a page with two columns.

col. 659^?

[Bretha sén formae]

In the (top?) margin: extract on bird-nets, from Bretha Sén Formae (Breatnach). Ed. CIH 2108.24ff.

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col. 659^(a)

[Córus aithni]

i.e. p. 659a. Extract on deposits, from Córus aithni (Breatnach). Ed. CIH 2108.30ff.

col. 660

[Turbaid-tract]

Extract on turbaid, from the Turbaid-tract (Breatnach). Ed. CIH 2112.4ff.

col. 660

Incipit: ‘O lux nostra in tenibris...’

Lower margin: charm for protection in battle

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col. 661

[Tres boni fratres charm (TCD 1336)] Incipit: ‘Pater noster...’

Lower margin: charm for healing a wound. See Ilona Tuomi, ‘‘As I went up the hill of Mount Olive’ : the Irish tradition of the Three Good Brothers charm revisited’, Studia Celtica Fennica 13 (2016) and R. I. Best, ‘Some Irish charms’, Ériu 16 (1952); for the broader historical background of the Three Good Brothers charm, see Lea Olsan, ‘The three good brothers charms: some historical points’, Incantatio: An International Journal on Charms, Charmers and Charming 1 (2011).

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