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14. sperauit et*. 15. om. ego; clarificabo. xei. 12. auris tna*. 13. ut 

 cedriis§; mnltiplabitur. 14. om. domns§. xcii. 1. fortibudine§. 4. eleua- 

 tiones; mirabiles in. xciii. 8. qui insipientes estis§. 12. erudies. 15. ivixta 

 ilia sunt omnes. 16. consurget mecum. 17. habitauit. 20. fingis dolorem*. 

 22. dominus mihi ; adiutorem. 



Of these the variants iu xc. 10 (flagillani), xci. 13 (multip.), and xcii. 4 

 are mere clerical errors, and may be neglected. Those marked with an 

 asterisk are supported by Sabatier's Old Latin text, and those marked with 

 the symbol § by authorities cited in his notes : they may be set down as Old 

 Latin. Thus we find that in 60 verses C has 19 substantial variants, of 

 which 5 are in Sabatier's text and 4 in his other authorities — 9 in all, 

 which are apparently due to Old Latin mixture. In the same 60 verses 

 Sabatier's Old Latin varies 82 times from the Vulgate. 



Now let us lay this result beside another obtained from a similar com- 

 parison in the New Testament. In the four passages — Matt. xxiv. 16-31; 

 xxvi. 24-31 ; xxvii. 20-27; Lk. ix. 45-62 — Codex Usserianus (r'), which has 

 an Old Latin text, differs substantially from Codex Amiatiuus of the Vulgate 

 105 times. In the same passages the Book of Kells, with a mixed text, 

 differs 46 times. In 18 of these readings it agrees with Codex Usserianus, 

 and in 7 others it is supported by the Book of Mulling, which also repre- 

 sents the Old Latin.' Thus it has 25 Old Latin readings. These passages 

 have only 50 verses, as against 60 in our four psalms. But verses are longer 

 iu the Gospels than in the Psalms, and the 50 Gospel verses are equivalent 

 to about 70 Psalm verses. We see, then, that while the variation of the Old 

 Latin from the Vulgate in the New Testament is slightly in excess of that in 

 the Psalter, the variation of the Book of Kells from the Vulgate is twice as 

 great as that of the Cathach from the printed Galilean text, and that its Old 

 Latin mixture exceeds that of the Cathach in the proportion of more than 

 two to one. 



But take a manuscript of a different type, the Book of Durrow. This 

 codex, in the same passages of St. Matthew and St. Luke, differs from the 

 Amiatine 24 times, and against it agrees with Codex Usserianus or the Book 

 of Mulling 9 times. It has, therefore, 9 Old Latin readings. Thus the 

 total amount both of its variation from the Vulgate and of its Old Latin 

 element, judged by the same standard as before, is nearly identical with that 

 of the Cathach. 



To sum up. The Cathach Psalter approaches very closely to St. Jerome's 



' I make use here of tables prepared many years ago for a difierent purpose. They 

 may be seen in my " Chapters on the Book of Mulling," pp. 50, 63. So far as the present 

 inquiry is concerned, the passages may be regarded as taken at random. 



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