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IEISH BIBLICAL MSS.—PLATE II.
specimens copied from this page areto beread, " Liber generationis—iacob autem genuit iosepli virwm mariae de
qua natz/5 est ihc xps cui disponsata virga maria maria autem genuit ihm qui dicitur xps," (the scribe jumbling
together two different reaclings), " Xpi autem generatio sic erat cum esset disponsata mater maria ioseph
antequam."
Below this, from a subsequent page, are copied the following lines :—" Euit iohannis in deserto babtizans
et predicans." At the end of the Gospels the scribe has written his nanie, also copied in the plate, " Einit
Amen . . ,-fDimma macc nathi+ . . ,"—with two lines of Irish, of which the following is the translation made
by Mr. Eugene Curry :—
" I desire for myself, in reward of my labour,
The tending- of herds with all attention.
Nuts, not poisonous, I will crack,
And a righteous habitation."
At the end of St. Matthew's Gospel he has also inscribed his name :—" Finit. Pray for Dimma, who
wrote by the Lord God's benediction."
The following are a few of the readings of this MS.:—"Virgo in utero habet et pariet filium"—"vade
retro Satanas"—"qui irascitur fratri suo reus erit judicio"—"panem nostrum cotidianum"—"ipse infirmitates
nostras accipit et egretudines nostras portavit." The " lanced" passage in the xxvii. Chapter of St. Matthew, v.
48, also exists in this MS., which does not contain any of the Hieronymian Epistles, or Eusebian Canons.
The specimens No. 6 are copied from a MS., also preserved with its Cumdach in the library of Trinity
College, Dublin, containing the four Gospels written by St. Mulling, who flourished in the *Jih century.1 The
Cumdach was described in Vallancey's Collectanea, under the name of the Leath Meisicith, and Leath Eial, or
Stone of Destiny. It was presented to Trin. Coll. Dublin by Mr. Kavanagh, in whose family it had been
preserved with religious veneration for ages, and who was descended from the 0'Kavanaghs, the chiefs of the
district in which St. Mulling fiourished.2 Of the volume itself no account has hitherto been published.
It measures 6 j inches by 4|, and is written in double columns in very neat minuscule characters, full of contrac-
tions, with 28 to 36 lines in a page. Many parts of the MS. are discoloured by the action of the metal pins
which have been driven into the case from time to time. The scribe has so arranged his text that each Gospel
forms a distinct packet of foldecl leaves (the volume not havingany binding). Thelast andpart of the preceding
pages of the packet containing St. Matthew's Gospel having been left blank, the oriyinal scribe had filled them up
with the Office for the Visitation of the Sick. Each of the Gospels commences with the first word, or first few
letters, of a large size (2 or 3 inches long), in the style of the Gospels of St. Chad, not coloured, but with
double marginal rows of red dots.
The specimens before us are to be read—" (Xpi) autem generatio," being part of the heading of the histori-
cal part of St. Matthew's Gospel, each word occupying a separate line of the first column of the verso of leaf 1;
also the Lord's Prayer as follows : "Pater noster qui es in ccelis scificet nomen tuu adueniat regnu tuu fiat
voluntas tua si in ccelo et in terra Pane nostru supsubstantia-lem da nobis hodie et remitte nobis debita nostra
si & nos remittems debitoribs nostris et ne patiaris nos induci in temptationem sed libera nos a malo."
The following are a few of the readings of this MS.:—" Jacob autem genuit joseph cui clisponsata
erat.....q. genuit ihm."—"Ecce virgo in utero concepiat et pariat filium."—" Vade retro Satanas."—
" Qui irascet fri suo reus erit," &c.—" Pater tuus qui vidit in absconso reddet tibi."—" Ipse infirmitates
nostras accipiet et egritudines nras portabit."—" Et factu est cum consumasset ihs sermones ihs sermones istos
transtulit se a galilea & venit i fines iudese trans jordanem secut. st eu tbae multse & G curavit eos ibi.''—The
lancea passage (St. Matth. xxvii.) is also here interpolated; but each word is marked above with three small dots,
placed in a triangle.—" Fuit homo missus a do cui nomen erat iohannis."—" Erat autem lux vera q inluminat
quEe inluminat omnem venientem in hc mondum in hoc monds erat et monclu per ipsum factus est et mondus
eum non cognovit."
At the encl of St. Matthew and St. Luke, the scribe has written, " Einit Amen finit;" at the
1 See Ware's Bishops, Ferns. by Vallancey. The Meeshac, also described by Vallancey and Sir
2 It is not determined whether the Corp 1Ntua or Corp Naomh of the W. Betham, who figured it, is now in the possession of the New Col-
Abbey of Tristernach was a reliquary or a Cumdach. It was described leg-e of St Columba, as aboye meationed.
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specimens copied from this page areto beread, " Liber generationis—iacob autem genuit iosepli virwm mariae de
qua natz/5 est ihc xps cui disponsata virga maria maria autem genuit ihm qui dicitur xps," (the scribe jumbling
together two different reaclings), " Xpi autem generatio sic erat cum esset disponsata mater maria ioseph
antequam."
Below this, from a subsequent page, are copied the following lines :—" Euit iohannis in deserto babtizans
et predicans." At the end of the Gospels the scribe has written his nanie, also copied in the plate, " Einit
Amen . . ,-fDimma macc nathi+ . . ,"—with two lines of Irish, of which the following is the translation made
by Mr. Eugene Curry :—
" I desire for myself, in reward of my labour,
The tending- of herds with all attention.
Nuts, not poisonous, I will crack,
And a righteous habitation."
At the end of St. Matthew's Gospel he has also inscribed his name :—" Finit. Pray for Dimma, who
wrote by the Lord God's benediction."
The following are a few of the readings of this MS.:—"Virgo in utero habet et pariet filium"—"vade
retro Satanas"—"qui irascitur fratri suo reus erit judicio"—"panem nostrum cotidianum"—"ipse infirmitates
nostras accipit et egretudines nostras portavit." The " lanced" passage in the xxvii. Chapter of St. Matthew, v.
48, also exists in this MS., which does not contain any of the Hieronymian Epistles, or Eusebian Canons.
The specimens No. 6 are copied from a MS., also preserved with its Cumdach in the library of Trinity
College, Dublin, containing the four Gospels written by St. Mulling, who flourished in the *Jih century.1 The
Cumdach was described in Vallancey's Collectanea, under the name of the Leath Meisicith, and Leath Eial, or
Stone of Destiny. It was presented to Trin. Coll. Dublin by Mr. Kavanagh, in whose family it had been
preserved with religious veneration for ages, and who was descended from the 0'Kavanaghs, the chiefs of the
district in which St. Mulling fiourished.2 Of the volume itself no account has hitherto been published.
It measures 6 j inches by 4|, and is written in double columns in very neat minuscule characters, full of contrac-
tions, with 28 to 36 lines in a page. Many parts of the MS. are discoloured by the action of the metal pins
which have been driven into the case from time to time. The scribe has so arranged his text that each Gospel
forms a distinct packet of foldecl leaves (the volume not havingany binding). Thelast andpart of the preceding
pages of the packet containing St. Matthew's Gospel having been left blank, the oriyinal scribe had filled them up
with the Office for the Visitation of the Sick. Each of the Gospels commences with the first word, or first few
letters, of a large size (2 or 3 inches long), in the style of the Gospels of St. Chad, not coloured, but with
double marginal rows of red dots.
The specimens before us are to be read—" (Xpi) autem generatio," being part of the heading of the histori-
cal part of St. Matthew's Gospel, each word occupying a separate line of the first column of the verso of leaf 1;
also the Lord's Prayer as follows : "Pater noster qui es in ccelis scificet nomen tuu adueniat regnu tuu fiat
voluntas tua si in ccelo et in terra Pane nostru supsubstantia-lem da nobis hodie et remitte nobis debita nostra
si & nos remittems debitoribs nostris et ne patiaris nos induci in temptationem sed libera nos a malo."
The following are a few of the readings of this MS.:—" Jacob autem genuit joseph cui clisponsata
erat.....q. genuit ihm."—"Ecce virgo in utero concepiat et pariat filium."—" Vade retro Satanas."—
" Qui irascet fri suo reus erit," &c.—" Pater tuus qui vidit in absconso reddet tibi."—" Ipse infirmitates
nostras accipiet et egritudines nras portabit."—" Et factu est cum consumasset ihs sermones ihs sermones istos
transtulit se a galilea & venit i fines iudese trans jordanem secut. st eu tbae multse & G curavit eos ibi.''—The
lancea passage (St. Matth. xxvii.) is also here interpolated; but each word is marked above with three small dots,
placed in a triangle.—" Fuit homo missus a do cui nomen erat iohannis."—" Erat autem lux vera q inluminat
quEe inluminat omnem venientem in hc mondum in hoc monds erat et monclu per ipsum factus est et mondus
eum non cognovit."
At the encl of St. Matthew and St. Luke, the scribe has written, " Einit Amen finit;" at the
1 See Ware's Bishops, Ferns. by Vallancey. The Meeshac, also described by Vallancey and Sir
2 It is not determined whether the Corp 1Ntua or Corp Naomh of the W. Betham, who figured it, is now in the possession of the New Col-
Abbey of Tristernach was a reliquary or a Cumdach. It was described leg-e of St Columba, as aboye meationed.
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