Texts

Introduction to the Senchas Már

Old Irish
prose
Early Irish law texts

The introduction of the Senchas Már collection.

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

Senchas Már
introduction

Manuscripts

London, British Library, MS Harley 432 [s. xvi¹]
Continuous
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336 (H 3. 17) [s. xvi]
part 2b
Continuous
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 (H 3. 18) [s. xv-xvi]
part 13
Several fragments, with Old Irish glosses. It includes the stories known collectively as Finn and the man in the tree.
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336 (H 3. 17) [s. xvi]
part 1
Longer excerpts, with both glosses and commentary

Language

Old Irish

Form

prose (primary)

Textual relationships

Related: Pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas MárPseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas MárPseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas MárPseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas Már

Associated items

Finn and the man in the treeFinn and the man in the treeTwo short prose stories about Finn, cited in the commentary to the Senchas Már as a gloss on the term imbas forosnai. The first, about Finn's encounter with the supernatural thief Cúldub, tells how Finn acquired the gift of imbas, while the second story, about Finn and the gilla Derg Corra, tells how Finn put this gift to use.

Classification

Early Irish law textsEarly Irish law texts
...

Contents

Memorisation of the Senchas Már

Distinctions of status

Sources

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.

[ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 2, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.

comments: numbered pp. 339–744; diplomatic edition of legal material from: London, British Library, MS Harley 432; Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1316; Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337.

344.24–352.24 Diplomatic edition of the text in Harleian 432

[ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 5, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.

Volume 5 of the Corpus iuris Hibernici, which is numbered pp. 1532–1925, contains diplomatic editions of legal material from TCD 1363 (H 4. 22), the Book of Ballymote (RIA 23 P 12), BL Egerton 90 and TCD 1336 (H 3. 17).

1896.23–1897.15 Diplomatic edition of the text in TCD 1336 (2b)

[ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 3, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.

comments: 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)

877.4–881.3 Diplomatic edition of the text in TCD 1337 (13)

[ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 5, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.

Volume 5 of the Corpus iuris Hibernici, which is numbered pp. 1532–1925, contains diplomatic editions of legal material from TCD 1363 (H 4. 22), the Book of Ballymote (RIA 23 P 12), BL Egerton 90 and TCD 1336 (H 3. 17).

1657.10–1663.19 Diplomatic edition of the text in TCD 1336 (1)

[ed.] [tr.] Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed. and tr.], “Aus dem irischen Recht IV [6. Zu den bisherigen Ausgaben der irischen Rechtstexte]”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 16 (1926–1927): 167–230.

174–187

[ed.] [tr.] Hancock, W. Neilson, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, and Robert Atkinson (ed. and tr.), Ancient laws of Ireland, 6 vols, vol. 1: Senchus Mor, Stationery Office: Dublin, 1865.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>, <link>

30 (line 24)–60 English translation