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point of view exclusively, i.e., they have in each instance simply 

 considered the question whether or not the transcript is a fair facsimile 

 of the manuscript original. They now proceed to report seriatim upon 

 the errors alleged in the foregoing list, 



[It is to be observed, that the italics used in the list are simply ex- 

 pansions of the sigla, with the exception of the o in "fAoenici," the 

 d and h of "toMgarach," and the d of *'lugha?ed, which are inaccu- 

 rately italicized in the ' Eevue Celtique.' "J 



lS,o. 1 : — {\a 44) ahaims^(?e /or ahai^emseffe. 



Here the critic virtually alleges the presence of a horizontal line 

 over the i (in "ahaim") to denote the addition of a nasal, and this 

 horizontal stroke, he implies, the copyist has omitted. But there is no 

 such stroke in the MS., and the copy perfectly represents the 

 original. 



!N"o. 2 : — (IJ 37) foroenici/or f/wenicL 

 A close examination exhibits the carefulness of the transcriber, for 

 the MS. gives a small horizontal stroke over the/: the ordinary siglum 

 for the syllable or. But this stroke is not so long as usual in the MS., 

 and this peculiarity the transcriber has imitated. The siglum in the 

 MS. could not be taken for that of the aspirate ; the transcript agrees 

 with the original. 



IS'o. 3 : — (115 22) t^odgarach/or to?^<?garacA. 



Here, the word quoted is a gloss between two pretty closely written 

 lines. Immediately above the o, is the lower limb of a^, which forced 

 the manuscript writer to place his nasal siglum (which should have 

 stood immediately above the 6) a little to the left, thereby bring- 

 ing it over the t, where it has misled the transcriber into regarding 

 it as the aspirate siglum.. Here, therefore, the copyist is so far in 

 error. 



No. 4 :— (30 b 15) do for tic. 



In the MS. the i stroke in its upper part has blended with the 

 extremity of the horizontal sweep of the initial t, and the tail of the 

 i, running into the base of the i, has produced a form very like d ; the 



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