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Di astud chor

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Early Irish law tract on contracts.

Manuscript witnesses

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 Q 6/pp. 33-52

incipit: Ni said dilsi for dond Continuation of the B version of this text, of which the first half is found in Egerton 88. On p. 33b a new section (§ 37) is headed Cormac dixit fri Cairbri no ri Connacht fri mac, beg. A mic rogialla, with a large initial A.

p. 33a–p. 34b

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 Q 6/pp. 33-52

CIH 1194.10-1198.20.

pp. 33–34

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336

CIH 2040.28–2045.36 and 2046.34–2050.32.

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336

rubric: Do fasta qundartha CIH 1962.28–1963.35.

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337

CIH 985.24–1002.31.

Text

London, British Library, MS Egerton 88

rubric: Do asta cor ann so a n-ainm i nathar ⁊ in mic ⁊ in sp-t naoim CIH 1348.21–1359.25.

ff. 30c–32d

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.

[crit. ed.] [tr.] McLeod, Neil, Early Irish contract law, Sydney Series in Celtic Studies, 1, Sydney: Centre for Celtic Studies, University of Sydney, 1992.

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies has published a reprint of this book as part of the Early Irish Law Series (no. 6).

124–197 (text and translation), 94–122 (introduction), 198–247 (notes)

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)

985.24–1002.31 A.

Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 4, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.

comments: numbered pp. 1139–1531; diplomatic edition of legal material from: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 Q 6; Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3; London, British Library, MS Egerton 88.

1348.21–1359.25 B.

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

1962.28–1963.35; 2040.28–2045.36 and 2046.34–2050.32; D and C.

Secondary sources (select)

Breatnach, Liam, A companion to the Corpus iuris Hibernici, Early Irish Law Series, 5, Dublin: DIAS, 2005.

A companion to D. A. Binchy, CIH (1978). Review article: Neil McLeod, ‘Review,A true companion to the Corpus iuris Hibernici’, Peritia 19 (2005).

esp. 244–246