Lawlor — The Calhach of St. Columha. 269 



Ps. xlv. A : legend^os ad lectionem actios apostolorum. 



E adds tcox apostolorum. 

 A has no heading. The insertion of the heading uox apostolorum in E 

 would be difficult to account for ; while its omission in A is explained by 

 homoeoteleuton. Once again, therefore, E preserves the text of a. 



Ps. 1. legendus ad lectionem esaiae prophetae et lectionem actus ccpostoloncm 



ubi pauhos elegitur uox christi pro p)opulo penitentiae et uox pauli ad 



penitentiam. 



E has paenitente for penitentiae. This seems to be the better reading. If 



it was in a, it might give rise to penitentic, and that to paenitentiae (A). But 



other explanations of the variant may be suggested ; and reason will be given 



hereafter for rejecting pro pop. pacnit. as a false reading of o. 



Ps. Ixxxiii. A : legendus ad euangelium mathei ad eos qui ficlcm sunt 

 consecuti uox christi. 



E adds ad piatrem decclesia (1. de ecclesia). 

 The addition of E is suitable to the psalm, and it is supported by UQ. 

 It may, therefore, be accepted as the reading of a. 

 Ps. xciii. A : uox ecclesiae ad deum de iudeis. 

 Ps. cxxxviii. A : uox ecclesiae ad populum conlaudans deum. 



E in both places has dominum for deum. 

 Either reading might arise from the other.' 

 Ps. ex. A : ecclesia de christo cum laude. 



E has vox ecclesiae for ecclesicc. 

 Here again we leave undecided which is the more original text.' 

 Ps. cxviii Beth. A : uox nouclli p)opiuli et iuuenum credentium. 



E adds in deum. 

 The probability is that the longer text comes from a, as in Pss. ii, xliv, 

 xlv, Ixxxiii ; but it is no more than a probability. 

 Ps. cxxv. A : uox apostolorum de impiis iudeis. 



E adds et de infidelihus convertentihus se peccatis. 

 There is little likelihood that the additional words in E ai-e original. 

 They are of a type of which we shall find other examples. An attempt is 

 made to enlarge the application of the heading, and in the very act a new 

 order of thought is introduced, and thereby the heading loses point.- It does 

 not, as, for example, the additioii at Ps. xliv does, form an integral part of the . 



' B supports R in Pss. xciii, ex, and A in Ps. cxxvii. This testimony, however, cannot 

 be used at the present stage of the discussion. 



" In this case the heading, even as it appears in A, is inappropriate to the psalm. But 

 it must have originally belonged to a psalm which might plausibly be viewed as an 

 utterance of the apostles concerning the Jews. If it was conceived of as equally applicable 

 to all unbelievers, the Jews need not have been mentioned. 



