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same character, and probably of about the same age as the 
Psaltar na Rann. It is introduced by the following note : 
“ Pancfcte ncipic 1. cMTUd ourblicnfch hu huatgaile pon 
rm Panoecc Cipine cpa Goedeils inpo pip. Oo anogabalaib 
m ovomuim, acup 00 chpoebaib coibniupa in ocomain, acup dia 
hilechenelaib; acup 00 numip a mbepla, acup do aipp1b a natp- 
ech, acup dia nanmannaib; acup 00 aeppaib in ooman, acup 00 
numin cacha aeppe. Oo pfip m cSfpcin inpo.” 
*«‘ Pantecte incipit, viz., a translation made by Dubhlitir* 
O Huathghaile, of the Pandect of Cire [St. Jerome], into 
Gaedhlic, here follows. Of the great conquests of the world, 
and of the genealogical branchings of the world, and of its 
various races; and of the number of their languages; and of 
the ages of their chiefs and their names; and of the ages of 
the world, and of the duration of each age. This is accord- 
ing to the Septuagint.” 
This poem begins 
“Cectna aimpin betao binn.” 
‘** The first age of the noble world.” 
The work here alluded to under the name of “ Pandect of 
St. Jerome,” is certainly his “‘ Bibliotheca,” or Latin version 
of the Bible. It is so called by Alcuin, in the well-known 
epigram which he annexed to his own copy of the Scriptures: 
‘* Nomine Pandecten proprio vocitare memento 
Hoe corpus sacrum, Lector, in ore tuo; 
Quod nune a multis constat Bibliotheca dicta 
Nomine non proprio, ut lingua Pelasga sonat.” f 
* Dubhiitir, i.e., Black Letter. There were several abbots of this name 
living between the years 780 and 930. See note, next page. 
+ Quoted by Vallarsius, in his Preface to the Bibliotheca of St. Jerome. 
Opp. S. Hieron., tom. ix. p. xi. (Venet. 1770). The erroneous quantity given 
to the penultimate syllable of Bibliotheca, in these lines; is by no means 
uncommon amongst medieval writers. The entire epigram of Alcuin may 
be seen in Baronius, ad an. 778, n. 23. 
