300 
The words being beautifully written in the original, as plainly as 
possible :— 
a. 0. mbxxutii. 
Feil bpenam mnocct pop oapoamn. a impede popdia inoilguo 
00 Mupeoaé cpos.* 
The last folio concludes with the following words, which are all 
written in vermillion, with the exception of the Irish name of the illus- 
trious chronographer, traced between the lines, in black, with his own 
hand—for the name is written in precisely the same hand as that in 
which the gloss throughout the volume is written :— 
Explicic epipcola ad hebpeor 
habec ueppup occe. 
IN HONORE INOIUIOUGE TRINITATIS 
1. muinCoaé cn65.mace nobancai5t 
MGRIAGNUS SCOTTUS SCRIPSIT huNCc 
LibRUM SUIS PRATRIOUS PeERESRINIS 
anima elus Requiescat IN pace. 
propter deum deUOTE DICITe. AMeEN.+ 
xu. el. TUNTI hoole PeRIG. Ul. GNNO OOMINI 
m.Uxyxrui. 
Here then we have, in the gloss, the Christian and family name of 
the illustrious chronographer, written with his own hand in his mother 
tongue—Muiredach mac Robartag. 
The family of Mac Robhartaigh were the hereditary guardians of the 
venerable Cathaeh of St. Columbkill, and, as such, herenachs in Tyrcon- 
nell, and vassals of the O’Donells, the ancient princely rulers of that 
region, As guardians of that reliquary, they are mentioned in the 
‘¢ Annals of the Four Masters.’ In 1497 one of the events of a battle 
at the pass of Ballaghboy, between the O’ Donells and the Mac Dermots, 
which proved disastrous to the former, is thus recorded :— 
Ro beanad beop an éataé colam éille amaé, a5up 00 
mapbad a maop (.1. mag pobapcars). 
* ‘The festival of Brendan (May 9 or 16), in the night, on Thursday, A. D. 1079. 
His entreaty of God for forgiveness to Muiredhach the miserable.” It is impossible to say 
whether Brendan of Birr, or Brendan of Clonfert is here intended, for their festivals always 
fall on the same day of the week, the former being the 9th, and the latter the 16th of May. 
In 1079, both fell on Thursday. 
+ “* Muiredhach, the miserable, Mac Robartaigh.” 
t Responding to the petition, some pious old German of the fifteenth century has 
written in, on this page, Amen, got dem [dies v] Erleich. 
