Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Volume 25; Biological, Geological and Chemical Science (Paperback)

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. 1905 Excerpt: ...than once he confesses to having amended the text by the aid of the extracts from the Confessio in Vita iv., and of those given by TJssher from A, as Denis assumed them to be. Thus, for the reading in eapturam decidi 1, for eapt. dedi, he acknowledges his obligations to Vita iv. On his 6, on the word peeora ( 16 of this ed.), Denis subjoins the following note: --"Reliqua huius numeriex suo Ms Usserus exhibet, unde nonnullas apographi nostri lacunas suppleuimus; plura simili modo correcturi, si ille totum textum protulisset." The section ends with de hominibus habebam ( 17). Again, on 20, Eadem vero node, &c., we find this note: "Qui sequitur locus, in Vita iv. totus transcriptus, ecgrapho nostro emendando profuit." Again, on the passage commencing Et itenim post annos multos 20 ad fin., and ending expergefadu sum 28. Denis notes "Hactenus totiim hunc locum, Maccutheno citato, profert TJsserus, p. 832." It remains that we should determine how far in reality Denis used these helps. Let us first of all examine the citations given by TTssher. They are five in all; and we shall observe that TJssher constantly departs from A, and gives the readings from C. As far as we know he had not seen F 3 and F 4 until 1640. I give herewith a collation of the passages with A, not noting Ussher's modernisation of the spelling, (a) 1. TJssher, p. 818. Patrem--Taberniae. Calpornium CB... diaconem CB... quondam CB... ins. in wt'eo C... Bonauem no Ms. This citation has not affected Boll. (4) 1, 2. Ussher, p. 828. Annorum eram--ut pater filium. milibus Vita vii... uel sero rememorarem CB...etut conuerterer C... adolescentiae et ignorantiae Vitae ii., iv., vii., as-well as B... consol...