Manuscripts
On the first leaf, now little more than a fragment, there is a note by Lhuyd (Edward) saying that he bought the manuscript from Ó Gnímh (Agnew, i.e. bard belonging to the O'Neill of Clannaboy) and that it numbers 218 folios.
scribal addition Modern note
p. 1–
Ed. CIH 563.1ff. Cf. pp. 252 and 419.
p. 4
p. 4, margin: poem of Ailbe, with gloss. Cf. Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339, 105.
scribal addition Marginal poem
p. 5
2 stanzas, on the four types of wood used to make the Cross
scribal addition Lower margin
p. 6
A note on the terms slabra, coibche, tochra and tinnscra
scribal addition Lower margin
A small scrap between pp. 6 and 7 containing glosses.
p. 7a–
Poem, cited at the end of Críth gablach.(1)n. 1 T. K. Abbott • E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of Irish MSS in TCD (1921). list the part of the poem which begins "Cia annsom fidbéime [...]" (p. 7a) as if it were a separate text.
p. 7b.20
Scribal note "Ní fuarus a imtuilled de sin"
scribal addition Scribal note
p. 7b–
("The law of loans"), with Cáin airlicthe ("The law of lending (airliciud)"). Ed. CIH 571.17ff.
p. 8b.8–
[Tract on the áes fíachach]
Incipit: ‘Fir elgnais og-cinaith cen comairb i cein’
Short text. Ed. CIH 572.20.
p. 8b.16
Incipit: ‘Rofessar rupa tria fomde [...]’
Short text on straying animals. Ed. in CIH 572.25ff.
p. 8b.20
Incipit: ‘Conla Conall Cernach Cunrathau nach Cundratha’
Passage attributed to Conall Cernach on the subject of legal contracts. Ed. CIH 572.28ff.
p. 9a.4
Incipit: ‘Coirpri dixit fri Cormac. Rogabur ben ar eicín cid indaragbais? [...]’
Dialogue between Coirpre and Cormac. Ed. CIH 573.5ff.
p. 9a.11
Incipit: ‘Is dethbir on nad imgaib suil ní’
p. 9a.23
Incipit: ‘Briarach dorsaid Corbm_c i Teamair im comarcair’
Dialogue between Bríathrach and Cormac. Ed. CIH 573.17ff.
p. 9b.9–
Incipit: ‘Attat rudrad mair ⁊ bic la fene amail file lubuille beicce ⁊ moiri’
On prescription (rudrad)
p. 9b.25
[Secht rann fichit]
Incipit: ‘Secht ranna fichit friasa toet feab ⁊ ordain do duine tri a gaireui tri a ainmnit’
Passage on 27 virtues. Ed. CIH 574.7ff.
p. 10a
[Slán aitire cairde]
Incipit: ‘Slan aitire cairde fo feichem cairde uaitsi’
Text on treaty law. Ed. CIH 574.18ff.
p. 10a.(2)n. 2 Abbott and Gwynn: line “8 from foot”.
[Íargrinde gach manaig]
Incipit: ‘Iargrinde (no iargrine) gach manaig ...’
Passage concerning the property (íargrinde) of a deceased monk (manach). Ed. CIH 574.36ff
p. 10b–
Legal maxims from Bretha comaithchesa, with Old Irish commentary. Ed. CIH 575.4ff. Abbott and Gwynn mention for p. 14 a “classification of trees, with the fines to be paid for committing trespass on them”.
p. 14
Legal passage concerning horses. Ed. CIH 582.23ff.
p. 14
Incipit: ‘Elga .i. Eire’
Legal passage on Elga and melg. Ed. CIH 582.29ff.
