Texts
Cét breth rucad i nÉirinn
Incoming data
Anecdote about the first judgment made in Ireland, which is said to have been uttered by Amairgen.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336/6.2
incipit: Ciassa cetbreath ruccud i nEirind ? ocus cia .c.naruc ? On the first judgment in Ireland, uttered by Amairgen. Ed. CIH 2127.6-18.
col. 841.17–
Sources
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[ed.] Smith, R. M. [ed.], “The first judgment of Amairgin”, in: J. Fraser, Paul Grosjean, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Irish texts, fasciculus I, London, 1931. 63.
Celtic Digital Initiative: <link>
[ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 6, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.
comments: numbered pp. 1926–2343; diplomatic edition of legal material from:
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336 (continued)
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1387
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1308
- London, British Library, MS Additional 4783
- London, British Library, MS Nero A 7
- Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, MS NKS 261b
- Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 3
- Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 11
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C i 2
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/16
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS E 3. 3
2127.6ff Diplomatic edition
[tr.] Qiu, Fangzhe, “The First Judgment in Ireland”, in: Anders Ahlqvist, and Pamela OʼNeill (eds), Fír fesso: a festschrift for Neil McLeod, 17, Sydney: University of Sydney, 2018. 185–201.
Adacemia.edu – The first judgment in Ireland: <link>
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