Bechbretha
The ''Bechbretha'' (Old Irish for "Bee-judgements") is an early Irish legal text on the law of beekeeping. It has been dated to the middle of the 7th century CE. The author of ''Bechbretha'' may also have been the author of two other early Irish legal tracts, ''Coibes Uisci Thairdne'' and ''Bretha im Fhuillema Gell''. It is the 21st text in the ''Senchas Már''. Manuscripts The text of ''Bechbretha'' is only preserved in a complete form in one manuscript (Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1387). Five authors (writing between the 14th and 16th century) contributed glosses to this copy of the ''Bechbretha''. Ten other manuscripts (including British Library, MS Egerton 88) and O'Davoren's Glossary offer fragments of or quotations from the ''Bechbretha'' of varying length. It was edited (with translation) as part of the ''Ancient Laws of Ireland'' (Vol. 4, 1901). In 1983 it was re-edited with a new translation and commentary by Thomas Charles-Edwards and Fergus Kelly. Author D. A. Binchy ...
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