Irish tract on defects of cows and sheep

  • Old Irish
  • prose
Short Old Irish legal tract on the defects of cows and sheep.
Manuscripts
pp. 145b–146a
beg. ‘Dian cri boin, bo boid boineach cin boaimead’
Language
  • Old Irish
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Keywords

CowsCows
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SheepSheep
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Physical defectsPhysical defects
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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.] [tr.] Kelly, Fergus, Early Irish farming: a study based mainly on the law-texts of the 7th and 8th centuries AD, Early Irish Law Series, 4, Dublin: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1997.
506–520 Edition, English translation and discussion.
[dipl. ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 2, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.  

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.

674.37–674.17
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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April 2024, last updated: June 2024