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Book SynopsisCharlene 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.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 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
