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Record Number: 6107 Author(s)/Creator(s): Corthals , Johan. Contributor(s): Title: Affiliation of Children: "Immathchor nAilella Ocus Airt" Source: Peritia: Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland 9, ( 1995): Pages 92 - 124. Description: Article Type: Edition of Text;Journal Article;Translation Subject (See Also): Children Editing Texts Fathers Immathchor NAilella Ocus Airt, Old Irish Legal Text Ireland Irish Literature Law Literature- VerseMarriage Mothers Rhetoric Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 8 Primary Evidence: Manuscript; The text is known in three manuscripts:1) Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 512, ff 51vb-52ra. Written around the middle of the fifteenth century.2) London, British Library, Harleian 5280, f. 74v. Written in the first half of the sixteenth century by Illustrations: Table: Abstract: This is an edition and translation of an Old-Irish legal text, dating probably from c.700, and describing a lawsuit on the assignment of twins, after their mother Sadb had been repudiated by their father Ailill Aulomm. A decision is reached on the basis of principles governing marriage and an ordeal is avoided. The legal proceedings are represented as being conducted in a highly artistic style, commonly called "rosc" or "retoiric" in Irish studies, and deriving from late antique and medieval rhetoric. [Reproduced by permission of Brepols Publishers.] Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Universität Hamburg Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1995. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 03321592

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