Texts
Cáin lánamna
Incoming data
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12
Short commentary embedded in a version of Uraicecht becc
p. 136a-b (facs.)
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336/1
= CIH 1804.12-1812.32. Numerous excerpts from the text.
cols 233–243
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336/3
= CIH 1947.2-1949.22. Excerpt from § 2 with glosses and commentary
cols 449–452
Text
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506/ff. 16b-62
= CIH 89.26-90.32. Late commentary.
f. 19b-d
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.] Eska, Charlene M. [ed. and tr.], Cáin lánamna: an Old Irish tract on marriage and divorce law, Medieval Law and Its Practice, 5, Leiden: Brill, 2010.
[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.
502.7–519.35 Diplomatic edition of TCD 1316
[facs.] Best, R. I., and Rudolf Thurneysen [introduction], Senchas Már: facsimile of the oldest fragments from Ms.H.2.15 in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, Facsimiles in Collotype of Irish Manuscripts, 1, Dublin: Stationery Office, 1931.
39a–45a Facsimile of TCD 1316
[ed.] [tr.] Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed. and tr.], “Cáin lánamna”, in: Rudolf Thurneysen, Nancy Power, and Myles Dillon (eds), Studies in early Irish law, Dublin: Hodges Figgis, 1936. 1–80.
CELT – edition: <link>
[ed.] [tr.] Jaski, Bart [ed. and tr.], “Cáin lánamna ‘The regulation of couples’. Text and translation of the early Irish law-tract on marriage and sexual relationships”, Utrecht University website, Online: Utrecht University, 2005–.
[tr.] “Early medieval law, c. 700–1200”, in: Angela Bourke, Siobhán Kilfeather, and Maria Luddy [et al.] (eds), The Field Day anthology of Irish writing, vol. IV: Irish women's writing and traditions, Cork: Cork University Press, 2002. 6–44.
CELT – Cáin lánamna (pp. 22–26): <link>
Text translated at 22–26 (no edition).
Secondary sources (select)
Eska, Charlene M., “Varieties of early Irish legal literature and the Cáin lánamna fragments”, Viator 40:1 (2009): 1–16.
