Brehon Law tracts, columns 31-32

TCD MS 1336 (formerly H.3.17). The largest collection of manuscripts of medieval Irish law texts are those containing the texts of the Brehon Laws, which date from the 7th-8th centuries. The layout is typical of the legal manuscripts, with the original text (composed in the 8th century) in large script accompanied by later accretions of explanatory material in smaller script. This manuscript was acquired by the Welsh antiquary Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709) and was presented to the Library of Trinity College Dublin as part of a collection of 43 Irish manuscripts in 1786 by Sir John Sebright (d.1794).