Manuscripts
On the first leaf, now little more than a fragment, there is a note by Edward Lhuyd 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. 1a.1–
[Críth gablach]
Incipit: ‘bes bid cethrar no choíciur beith hi comarbus boairech conach assa boaire do cache ae’
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–
CIH 570.34-571.16. 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–
[Cáin ónae]
Heading/rubric: ‘Cáin ona dó lá on fri hairchenn on fri hanhaircenn’Incipit: ‘On fri hairchenn .c.amus [...]’
incl. Cáin airlicthe
CIH 571.17-572.19. "The law of loans", with Cáin airlicthe ("The law of lending (airliciud)").
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.
