Texts

Cáin lánamna‘The regulation of couples’

Old Irish
Early Irish law texts

Manuscripts

See Eska (2010) for a thorough examination of the manuscript evidence.

A =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1316 pp. 39-42, 47-66 [s. xivⁱⁿ(?)]
pp. 53a4–59b14
Only complete copy.
B =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336 1, cols 1-350
cols 233–243
= CIH 1804.12-1812.32. Numerous excerpts from the text.
C =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336 (H 3. 17) [s. xvi]
cols 449–452
= CIH 1947.2-1949.22. Excerpt from § 2 with glosses and commentary
D =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 13, pp. 353–398
p. 381a
= CIH 903.19-36. Brief excerpts
E =
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 16b-62 [s. xiv]
f. 19b–d
= CIH 89.26-90.32. Late commentary.
F =
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 16b-62 [s. xiv]
f. 42d
= CIH 144.5-17.
G =
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 16b-62 [s. xiv]
ff. 55b–56d
= CIH 174.7-177.32.
H =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 9, pp. 173–213
p. 188a–b
= CIH 713.27-714.11. Excerpt with commentary.
I =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 12, pp. 312–352
p. 339
= CIH 857.34-36.
J =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 12, pp. 312–352
p. 343
= CIH 861.15-19.
K =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 14, pp. 399–438
p. 434a
= CIH 974.34-975.27 and Eska (2010), Appendix 4.
L =
London, British Library, MS Egerton 88 [c. 1564]
f. 37b
= CIH 1372.29-31.
M =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336 (H 3. 17) [s. xvi]
col. 441
= CIH 1936.7-8
N =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406]
p. 136a–b (facs.)
Short commentary embedded in a version of Uraicecht becc
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, O'Dav and Cormac:
see Eska for further references.

Language

Old Irish

Classification

Early Irish law texts

Subjects

marriage law

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: Thurneysen, Rudolf, 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 homepage, Online: Utrecht University.

[tr.] “Early medieval law, c. 700–1200”, ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin, in: Bourke, Angela (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.

Jaski, Bart, “Marriage laws in Ireland and the Continent in the early Middle Ages”, in: Meek, Christine, and Katharine Simms (eds.), ‘The fragility of her sex’? Medieval Irishwomen in their European context, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1996. 16–42.

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C. A.,Dennis Groenewegen