Lawlor — The Cathach nf St. Cohimba. 279 



The first two words are recovered from S. They are not in a, where their 

 absence is due to homoeoteleuton, the preceding lectionary note being legendios 

 ad lectioiurii actus apostoloruni. Obviously the reading of /3 is better than that 

 of a. The latter leaves the psalm without a heading, and gives a lectionary 

 note to which it is difficult to attach any meaning. The heading in /3 is 

 appropriate to a psalm which has always been associated with Ascension 

 Day. 



Ps. 1. uox pauli ad paenitentiam. 



a has a double heading, of which this is the second member (see p. 272). 

 The first member can hardly be described as appropriate to the psalm. 

 Moreover, it seems to be a derivative of the second : populus would readily 

 come horn. paulus (see Ps. xxxix) dA\A pacnitente as readily from ad paenitentiam 

 (so in the present case paenitentis (B) from ad paenitentiam : see p. 273). 

 It may be added that when the heading proper was thus changed the original 

 lectionary note would become unsuitable, and another would be substituted 

 for it. In this way we may account for the fact that a has a double note as 

 well as a double heading. It seems clear, therefore, that the rubric of a 

 was derived— though probably not immediately — from that of /3. 



Ps. Ixxviii. twx- apostolorum piost passionem christi. 



a repeats the titulus and heading of Ps. Ivi. 13, which has good support 

 from other MSS., may be supposed to have followed /•]. It certainly gives 

 a more original reading. 



Ps. ciii. uox ecclesiae laudantis deiim. 



a repeats the heading of Ps. cii, and has no support from other 

 authorities. 



Ps. cxviii. 7(,ox christi ad patrem de iudeis, &c. (see above, p. 273). 



Ahev patrem a (without countenance from any other authority) adds et 

 apostolorum de aduersariu et. This breaks in upon the order of the sentence, 

 and harmonizes ill with pctusione sua, &c., lower down. It is clearly an 

 interpolation. 



Ps. cxix. uox christi ad patrem (+ inpassionc S) de iudaeis. 



a has iwx christi ecclesiae, which is obviously wrong. It probably arose 

 from a heading beginning icox christi, ecclesiae being a marginal correction. 

 Cp. below, p. 281, on Ps. Ixix. 



Ps. cxxxiv. %iox ecclesiae operantibus quae inerepat idola. 



The words which follow in a, gentium quod nidla sunt, seem to be a 

 later addition. They are found also in F in a corrupt form. 



Ps. cxl. xcox ecclesiae contra haereticos. 



The last two words are not in a. They introduce a thought not often met 

 with in these headings ; but they are sufficiently appropriate to the psalm. 



