118 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



See Zts. Celt. Phil. iii. 447 and Mart. Oeng. Preface x, xi. Ends p. 51al6. 

 After the Finit there follows a note by the scribe : 



Is fo cech ni sluiudess ind lebarsa dia tuicmis he. 7 a comaldad tadce 

 ua rigbardn qui scribsit 7 ni hanmfis tuc ind a. b. c. d. eidir na riaglaib acht 

 dhegla a faccbalae. " Good is everything that this book sets forth, if we 

 understood it, and good it is to fulfil it : Tadg O'Eiordan qui scripsit, and 

 he placed the Alphabet among the Eules not in ignorance, but for fear of 

 omitting it." 



12. P. 51a21. Is hed dano dohucc Colccu ho Eogun . . . 

 See below, p. 161, 13. 



13. P. 53al. Labrum don bochtainecht ... 

 A homily on poverty. Ends with p. 57« : — 



Qui uiuit agradnad [et regnat] deus per omnia secula seculorum amen. 



FlNIT. 



14. p. 57J1. Labrum anos don trocaire, etc. 

 A homily on mercy. 



After p. 58 one or more folios are lost. Ends at foot of p. 65a : 

 iarr sith 7 lean dia qui uiuit ad ragnad [et regnat] deus per omnia secula 

 seculoram. Amen. 



15. P. 6551. Legthar andsa ix caibidil xx do lebur Matha co tainic duine 

 occ, etc. 



This is the homily on the - Ten Commandments which is printed in 

 Atkinson's Passions and Homilies, p. 245. Ends p. 80 : 



da tucais toU egoir sa domanso let coic cetfadaib eorporda (= P. & H. 7821). 



16. P. 80al5. Selus domus tue cometit me .i. romgab ett mo tegdais a 

 dia, etc. 



A homily beginning with a story from the Book of Maccabees about the 

 priest Mathias and his resistance to idolatry : cf. Pass, and Horn. 6534 seq. It 

 is continued to the end of p. 82 ; but the last page is only partially legible. 



17. The following margiaalia are scattered through the volume : unless 

 otherwise specified, they are written by Tadg O'Eiordan. 



P. 13, at foot : 

 indleac ind inis cathai^r dixit : 



[Beanjnacht beannacht for Maolbridde 

 iahxaid, na bad gair som : 

 beannocht each trath, rad ndd ceil seom, 

 for each dodofair som. 

 The stone in Inis Cathaig said : " Blessing, blessing give to Maelbrigte ; let 

 it not be scanted : a blessing for every hour (a saying he conceals not) on each 

 that he comes to aid," 



