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Moreover, the reference to the rich man of Matt. xix. 16 ff. is not pertinent. 

 There is good reason, therefore, to suspect tliat the words ad cliuitem se 

 interrogantem ct are not Eedan. And 2, whose variants cannot be dis- 

 regarded with safety, omits them, giving the aljsoliitely appropriate heading 

 (cp. Rom. iii. 9) iierla ckristi de papula iudaico. This seems to be the original 

 reading of B, taken from fi ; a and the S text of B inserting ad diuitem, &c., 

 from a common source. The addition is found also in HPQ, and is supported 

 by the word interrogans in F. 



Ps. xxi. uox chrisH ad patrem in cruce eleuatum (1. eleuati). 



So S (B omits); the last words being, doubtless, a paraphrase of the trans- 

 lator for cv.m paterehir. a omits ad patrem., words which were more likely to 

 be dropped out by a scribe than to be inserted. They are omitted in many 

 Jiss. at this place. 



Ps. xxvii. christus de iudaeis dicit ad patrcin. 



a has de inAaein christo dicit. This is obviously corrupt. The subject of 

 dicit in a is Daniel, the prophet mentioned in the preceding lectionary note : 

 a construction without parallel. It would require ad christiim according to 

 the usage of the writer. The words ad patrem are a further mark of priority 

 in /3. 



Ps xxix. ecclesia m'ot cum laiule. 



a prefixes another heading (see above, p. 272), which does not suit the 

 psalm. 



Ps. XXX. confessia est crcdcntium deum. 



a adds the heading of Ps. xxxiv. Possibly the double rubric was also in /3 ; 

 for at Ps. xxxiv B has recourse to another authority, indicating, perhaps, that 

 he found no heading there in /3. But in that case a must still be counted 

 later, since it has the heading in both places. In many jiss. the headings of 

 Pss. XXX and xxxiv are similar to one another. 



Ps. xlii. ad cos qui /idem sunt consecuti a christo tiox ecclcsiae. 



B in the preceding psalm deserted |3.' The present rubric begins with 

 words which are a repetition of part of the rubric of Ps. xli, with one variant. 

 This repetition is evidence of a difference of source ; and we therefore conclude 

 that ji is again being copied, a omits a christo, and also the words uox 

 ecclcsiae, which are the heading proper. But see below, p. 284. 



Ps. xlv. uox apostoloruiii in pcissionc christi. 



So the heading may be reconstructed with the help of S. a omits in 

 passione cJmstL It must be admitted, however, that these words are scarcely 

 appropriate to the psalm. If they are set aside, a and /3 are identical. 



Ps. xlvi. uox apostolorum postqiiam ascendit christ^is ad pcdrem. 



' See above, p. 275. 



