211 ; 
showing that the name of one of the scribes employed on 
the work was Maelpatraic, of which Calvus Patricii, the ton- 
sured (servant) of Patrick, is a literal translation. In like 
manner, Maelsuthain, the spiritual adviser of Brian Boroimhe, 
signed his name as Calvus Perennis in the Book of Armagh. 
The Irish Aunals mention several persons of this name, which 
was common in the ninth and tenth centuries; and two of them 
are actually said to have been scribes. Maelpatraic, son of 
Finnchu, bishop, scribe, and anchorite, and abbot elect of Ar- 
magh, died a.p. 861. Another Maelpatraic, scribe, wise man, 
and abbot of Treoit (Trevet in the county of Meath), died 
A.D. 885. Persons of the same name, abbots of Monaster- 
boice, Clonmacnoise, and Slane, are also mentioned as having 
died in the years 875, 883, and 886. 
«2. At p. 194, marg. inf., we find, vo mip Mabdvoc dain «1. 
meippe 7 Choipbbpe, i.e. of Inis Maedhoc are we, i. e. myself 
and Coirpre. This gloss has caused some perplexity to Pro- 
fessor Zeuss, who was not aware that the island here spoken of 
was named after the celebrated Irish saint, Maedhoc of Ferns. 
It is in the lake of Templeport, in the county of Leitrim, and 
retains its name to the present day. We learn from this gloss 
the exact district in Ireland from which the writer came. The 
Coirpre here mentioned may possibly have been Coirpre Crom, 
Bishop of Clonmacnoise, who died a. p. 889. But the name 
was so common a one that little weight can be attached to 
the conjecture. 
«3, There is another marginal note unfortunately imper- 
fect, of which just enough remains to show that this transcript 
of Priscian was made under the superintendence of a person 
named Maelbriget. This note is as follows :—::: aithap Pa- 
tpic 7 Opis. ap Maelbpigcae namba olcc a menma ppimm:::: 
Pepibunod po pepibad in oul po. The sentence is incomplete, 
but it plainly amounts to a prayer addressed to St. Patrick 
and St. Bridget, that Maelbridget may not be dissatisfied 
with the scribe’s performance. Maelbrighde was a very com- 
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