Lavvloe — The Caihach of St. Columha. 285 



substituted for profeta, &c., from another source.' B has no heading. The 

 heading in Gu is supported by FHPQ. 



Px. xliv. legeiidus ad euangeliurn, mathei de rcgiii'i austri profeta ailpatre de 

 c/iristo et ecclesia dicit. 



E reads ^Jiro patre iov ad patre, B omitting the words. B reads ad ecch'siam. 



Obviously pat7'e is an error for patrem, due, in the first instance, to 

 accidental omission of the mark representing 'in. Profeta ad /latrem,, though 

 the phrase is unusual, is probably original : it has a parallel in the heading of 

 Ps. cxxxi. The reading of R, pro patre, is most easily explained as a false 

 emendation of ad patre; for it is unlikely either that^:>ro ]>cdre arose directly 

 from ad patrem, or ad jmtre hom. pro patre. We may therefore assume, in the 

 absence of evidence from A, that a read ad pcdre with C, or pro pidre with R. 

 It follows that if J3 was prior to a it had either ad patrem, ad patre, or pro patre. 

 If it had either of the last two readings, the omission of the phrase in B is 

 explained (cp. above, p. 268). B further differs from Co in reading ad ecclcsiam 

 for de ecclesia. Either reading might give rise to the other (cp. Ps. cxxvii). But 

 de ecclesia seems more suitable to the psalm ; and if ad patrera be accepted as 

 original, ad ecclesiam is manifestly incorrect. It may Ije attributed to Bede, or 

 to a scribe of his argumenta (a very early scribe, since it is supported by 

 I/S). Thus the text of C accounts for Pi, and B : while a and |3 either agreed 

 with or attempted to emend it. 



Ps. xlv. legendus ad lectlonem actus apostolorum uox a/mdolomm. 



So a, and j3 according to the testimony of S. S is probably wrong in 

 adding in passione christi.- 



Ps. xlvi. ad lectioneni actus apostolorum uox apostolorum postquam ascendit 

 christiis ad ]Hdrem. 



Except in the omission of the word legendus, this rubric agrees with /3 

 against the corrupt text of a.^ 



Ps. xlviii. diuiles increpat qui ad imferna disccndunt cum mortid fuerint 

 uox ecclesiae super lazaro et diulte purpurato. 



Here C agrees with a against B, which gives only the latter clause. Pro- 

 bably j3 agreed with Ca, the omission in B being due to Bede.^ 



Ps. 1. legendus ad leetiovem actus ajmstolorum uhi paidus eligitur uox pcttdi 

 ad pcnitentvdii . 



If this reconstruction of the illegible heading is correct (see note ad loc), 

 it sides with j3 against a double heading of a.° 



Ps. liv. 1WX christi aduersus magmdos iudeoruin et de iuda traditore. 



The greater part of this rubric is irrecoverable. The one word of the 



' S has uox apostoli (see p. 419). ^ gge p. 278. ^ See p. 278 f. 



« See p. 280 f . " See p. 272. 



