Lost and Found in Early Irish Law

Aidbred, Heptad 64, and Muirbretha
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51284-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 897 g

Reihe: Medieval Law and Its Practice

Charlene M. Eska presents in this book a critical edition and translation of a newly discovered early Irish legal text on lost and stolen property, Aidbred. Although the Old Irish text itself is fragmentary, the copious accompanying commentaries provide a wealth of legal, historical, and linguistic information, thus presenting us with a complete picture of the legal procedures involved in reclaiming missing property.

This book also includes editions of two other texts concerning property found on land, Heptad 64, and at sea, Muirbretha. The three texts edited together provide a complete picture of this aspect of the early Irish legal system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eska, Charlene M

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

Abbreviations

Plates

Irish Legal Tracts Cited in This Volume

Measures of Value

Introduction

Aidbred

Heptad 64

Muirbretha

Manuscript Sources

Aidbred

Heptad 64

Muirbretha

Concordances of MS Sources with CIH

Notes on the Dates of the Texts

Editorial Method

Aidbred: Text, Variants, Commentary, and Translation

Heptad 64: Text, Variants, Commentary, and Translation

Muirbretha: Text, Variants, Commentary, and Translation

Appendix 1: Transcriptions of the Canonical Tract of Aidbred

Appendix 2: Source Q [CIH 1144.36–1145.11], RIA 23 Q 6, Digest A (8)

Appendix 3: Source JJ [CIH 1314.7–35], BL MS Egerton 88, Digest B (27)

Appendix 4: Source P [CIH 711.24–713.26], TCD MS 1337 [H.3.18], with Variants from Source FF [CIH 859.34–861.14]

Appendix 5: Commentary Associated with Cáin Aicillne [CIH 1786.26–29 and 1788.10–26], TCD MS 1336 [H.3.17]

Appendix 6: Source U [CIH 2110.10–19], TCD MS 1336 [H.3.17]

Appendix 7: Source W [CIH 684.17–21], TCD MS 1337 [H.3.18]

Appendix 8: Source Z [CIH 673.35–674.25], TCD MS 1337 [H.3.18]

Appendix 9: Heptad 54 [CIH 49.8–35] and Selected Glosses Relevant to Muirbretha, Source E, Oxford, Rawl. B. 487

Appendix 10: Citations from a Variety of Texts Which Refer to the muirchuirthe

Appendix 11: Regarding Fishing Rights [CIH 369.9, 12–16]

Appendix 12: List of Variant MS Readings against CIH

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Charlene M. Eska, Ph.D. (2006), in Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, is a Professor in the Department of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Her publications focus on medieval Irish legal texts and manuscripts, including Cáin Lánamna: An Old Irish Tract on Marriage and Divorce Law (Brill, 2010) and A Raven’s Battle-Cry: The Limits of Judgment in the Medieval Irish Legal Tract Anfuigell (Brill, 2019).