The Rev. J. H. Todd on an Ancient Irish Missal. 21 



" Deprecatio S. Martini pro populo incipit. Amen. Deo gracias. Dicamus 

 omnes Domine exaudi et miserere." 



We find nothing corresponding to our present Epistles and Gospels, but only 

 the lesson from 1 Cor. already mentioned, and another from St. John, vi., both 

 which bear directly on the institution of the Eucharist. 



The lesson from St. John, vi. is introduced, p. 14 of the MS., with this 

 rubric (in the more modern hand) — 



lerhDipech puno 

 dirigatur domine usq; vespertinum. 

 tunc canitur. hie elevatur 

 linteamen de calice ueni dne 

 sanctificator omnipo. et 

 benedic hoc sacrificium prtepa- 

 ratum tibi, amen, tunc canitur 

 Ic. evangelii sec. iohannem 

 dns. n. i. x. dixit ego sum panis et 

 oratio gg sr evangel, quesumus 

 dne omnipotens, &c. 



In page 20 we have the following Irish rubric (in the later hand): — 



lanDipech punD. 



These rubrics Dr. O'Conor passes over without notice, and, therefore, it 

 will be necessary to make some remarks on them. The words lerhoipech 

 puriD, in the first, and lanoipech punD, in the second, are in the Irish language, 

 and signify "a half uncovering here," and "a full uncovering here," intimating 

 that the chalice was half uncovered before, and fully uncovered after the read- 

 ing of the Gospel from St. John, vi. 



Mr. Curry has given me the following extract from a curious ti'act, an 

 explanation of the ceremonies of the Mass, preserved in the Leabhar Breac, 

 which throws some light upon this, and fully establishes the signification of the 

 word Dipech in the foregoing Irish rubrics. It is as follows ; — 



