The book of hymns of the ancient Church of Ireland Volume 1 ; Ed., from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity college, Dublin, with translation and notes - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...Bina septim Seventeen saints have been named, viz. thirteen Apostles (including St. Paul),with two evangelists, St. Patrick, and St. Stephen. But the following gloss, which occurs over the word sep tim, explains that the fourteen saints here intended are the twelve Apostles, with St. Paul and St. Stephen, ".1.,11111. in Xa appeal bec.l.paulup-Scepanup quamvis non sit apostolus,-conabab he Commaine Do bepab TTlapcum-Lucam hie, no mapu he Do pac lp.11111. ualiba ap match anD i. xiv., viz. the twelve Apostles, with Paul, and Stephen, although he is not an Apostle. And it may have been Commain himself that inserted Mark and Luke here; and if it was he that inserted them, then octo valida would be the right reading in the text." Here the scholiast intimates that the notices of Mark and Luke may have been interpolations since Cummain's time. But the mention of St. Patrick, v. 33, makes the number 17, not 16, and therefore the proposed reading of bi?ia octo, for bina septem, does not remove the difficulty. May it not be that the twice seven are the fourteen Apostles, viz. the Twelve, St. Paul, and St. Patrick? In the versicle at the end, SS. Peter, Paul, and Patrick, are mentioned as the chief Apostles. N limis hoNonaci Sunc amici cui oeus Nimis coNponcacus esc pmNcipacus eonum celebna luoa pesca chmsci gauDia aposcolonum AS alleluia ADDITIONAL NOTES. Note A. The Scholiast's Preface. THE following is a literal translation of the Preface. The scraps of Latin which the writer, according to the general practice of Irish ecclesiasties, mixes up with his vernacular Gaelic, are also translated, in order that the wholemay read more smoothly:--Celenra Juda. Cummain Fota the Tall, son of Fiachna, King of West Monster, he it was that composed this Hymn. And this C...