Peritia 13 (1999)
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THE EUSEBIAN APPARATUS IN SOME VULGATE GOSPEL BOOKS
THOMAS O’LOUGHLIN
ABSTRACT. In certain Vulgate gospel books there is a full
cross-referencing system that is based on the work of Eusebius of
Caesarea. A study of this apparatus may tell us a great deal about the
textual tradition and inter-relationships of gospel books, as well as
providing information for the history of gospel exegesis. An edition,
as a starting point for further comparisons, of this apparatus from St
Gallen 1395 (oldest Vulgate codex) and the Book of Durrow is
provided.
KEYWORDS: gospel books, Insular manuscripts, canon tables, Eusebius
of Caesarea, Eusebian apparatus, Jerome, Vulgate, marginalia,
codicology, exegesis.
Thomas O’Loughlin, Dept of Theology and Religious Studies,
University of Wales, Ceredigion, SA48 7ED Wales.
o-loughlin@lamp.ac.uk
15488 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 1–92. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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MEDIUS AS ‘MIDDLE’ AND ‘MEAN’
DAVID HOWLETT
ABSTRACT. A survey of evidence of an Insular Latin tradition of
composition from the fifth century to the fifteenth, in which writers
make words exhibit by their position varied mathematical
meanings. These writers and texts include Adelard of Bath, Aediluulf,
Ailerán, Aldhelm, Asser, Bede, Boethius, Boniface, Columban,
Cummian, Dicuill, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Gildas, Giraldus Cambrensis,
Henry of Huntingdon, Israel Grammaticus, Jocelin of Furness, John of
Kelso, John of Salisbury, Moucan, Osbern of Gloucester, Patrick,
Pelagius, Peter of Cornwall, Robertus de Hopprew, Theodore of
Canterbury, Turgot of Durham, Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, William of
Malmesbury, Ciues celestis patrie, De situ Albanie,
Encomium Emmae, Jeu d’Adam, Nauigatio
S. Brendani, Synodus episcoporum, St Margaret’s Gospel
Book, Vita S. Conwoionis, Vita S. Iltuti.
KEYWORDS: dimidius, dimidium, mediator,
medietas, mediocris, mediocritas,
medioximus, medium, medius, mean.
David Howlett, Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British
Sources, Bodleian Library, Oxford OX1 3BG.
david.howlett@bodley.ox.ac.uk
11701 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 93–12. ISBN
2-503-50912-6
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DICUILL ON THE ISLANDS OF THE NORTH
DAVID HOWLETT
ABSTRACT. An edition, translation, and analysis of Dicuill’s
Liber de mensura orbis terrae, vii 6–15 in which verbal
and arithmetic features enable the reader to authenticate the text
internally, to understand the basis of his correction of the accounts
of ancient geographers, and to ascertain possible dates of an
expedition by Irish clerics who observed the summer solstice in
Iceland and sailed to the polar icecap.
KEYWORDS: Liber de mensura orbis terrae, Etymologiae,
Dicuill, Isidore, Julius Solinus’s Collectanea, Pliny the
Younger, Priscian’s Periegesis, Pytheas of Marseilles,
Britain, Faroes, Iceland, Ireland, Ultima Thule, alphanumeric
computation, calendrical calculation, chiastic and parallel
composition.
David Howlett, Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British
Sources, Bodleian Library, Oxford OX1
3BG. david.howlett@bodley.ox.ac.uk
3117 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 127–34. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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MORE ISRAELITE LEARNING IN INSULAR LATIN
DAVID HOWLETT
ABSTRACT. Further evidence for a knowledge of Hebrew and Aramaic
amongst the learned in the British Isles in the Roman period, and in
the early and later middle ages.
KEYWORDS: Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, Arabic, Insular Latin,
epigraphy, grammar, Gildas, Laidcenn, Lorica, Anonymus ad
Cuimnanum, Jews in England.
David Howlett, Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British
Sources, Bodleian Library, Oxford OX1
3BG. david.howlett@bodley.ox.ac.uk
2089 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 135– 41. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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THE SHAPE OF THE DURROW CROSS
ROBERT D. STEVICK
The shape of the Durrow Cross is made up of lines with measures and
distances answerable entirely to ratios incorporating only 1, 2, and
&b.phiv; (the golden section). This paper gives a practical method
for its construction, and discusses the scheme of its proportions.
KEYWORDS: Durrow cross, golden ratio, commodular measures, Irish
crosses, practical geometry, iteration of ratios, Insular
design.
Robert D. Stevick, Box 354330, University of Washington, Seattle
98195, USA. stevick@u.washington.edu
3448 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 142–53. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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SPOLIATION OF THE PAST: THE DESTRUCTION OF MONUMENTS AND
TREASURE-HUNTING IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND
GILLIAN M. SMITH
ABSTRACT. This article discusses the destruction of archaeological
sites and field monuments in the early nineteenth-century and the fate
of material remains that were uncovered in the process. Ordnance
Survey records of the 1820s and 1830s show that very much of
Ireland’s medieval inheritance survived the ravages of war
and conquest but began to disappear in the decades before the Great
Famine.
KEYWORDS: Ordnance Survey, field monuments, prehistory, medieval
artefacts, relics, traditional religion, George Petrie, John
O’Donovan, Eugene Curry, Thomas Larcom, antiquarianism.
Gillian M. Smith, Dept of History, NUI, Cork.
gillsmith@esatclear.ie
6648 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 154–72. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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THE TURIN GLOSSES ON MARK: TOWARDS A CULTURAL PROFILE OF THE
GLOSSATOR
MICHAEL CAHILL
ABSTRACT.The Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, F. IV.1,
fasc. 7, Old-Irish glosses on a commentary on Mark are described in
regard to nature and content, and especially errors and anomalies, and
the Glossator’s sources and possible knowledge of
Greek. Allowance is made for the Glossator’s originality. An
analysis of the data is then presented, dealing with the identity of
the Glossator and his cultural profile. Auxerre in the latter half of
the ninth century is proposed as a plausible setting.
KEYWORDS: Old-Irish glosses, macaronic text, Greek, Heiric of
Auxerre, scriptural exegesis, exegetical errors and anomalies, murex,
purple, céle Dé, Irish on continent, baptism,
confirmation, configuration of the cross.
Michael Cahill, Dept Theology, Duquesne University,
Pittsburgh,PA 15282, USA. cahill@duq.edu
8029 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 156–76. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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ULYSSES AND THE JUDGE OF TRUTH: SOURCES AND MEANINGS IN THE IRISH
ODYSSEY
BARBARA HILLERS
ABSTRACT. The medieval Merugud Uilixis meic Leirtis is a
highly original adaptation of the Odyssey. Evidence for
Ireland’s indebtedness to classical learning, it is also a
showcase for the interaction between oral and written tradition in
medieval Ireland: the Odyssean framework has been skilfully combined
with an international folktale still popular in Ireland. This article
explores the story’s classical background and its folktale
component. Finally, it directs attention to the anonymous author, his
use of sources and the meaning he gave the tale.
KEYWORDS: Irish saga, Merugud Uilixis meic Leirtis,
classical learning, Homer, Odyssey, Vergil, Aeneid,
voyage literature, immrama, allegory, eschatology, folktale, AT
910B, Gesta Romanorum, Ruodlieb.
Barbara Hillers, Celtic Department, University of Edinburgh, 19
George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD. b.hillers@ed.ac.uk
13994 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 194–223. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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OMENS, ORDEALS AND ORACLES: ON DEMONS AND WEAPONS IN EARLY IRISH
TEXTS
JACQUELINE BORSJE
ABSTRACT. The account of a sword ritual in Serglige Con
Culainn involves references to two different kinds of divination,
reflected in two consecutive sentences in the text: the first
describes the ritual as an ordeal, the second as an oracle. The
supernatural source of the oracle is identified as ‘demons’
by the text. It is here argued that the religious and literary
background of these demons is formed by certain types of supernatural
battle creature, especially the Irish war goddesses.
KEYWORDS: divination, omens, oracles, ordeals, prophecy, demons,
war goddesses, Furies, lamia, Lilith, weapons, Semitic mythology,
Classical mythology, Irish glosses, medieval Irish literature, Jerome,
Eriugena, Isaiah, Aeneid, Thebaid, Pharsalia,
Serglige Con Culainn, Cath Maige Tuired, Táin
bó Cúailnge, Brislech mór Maige
Muirthemne, Togail na Tebe, In cath catharda.
Jacqueline Borsje, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS, 10 Burlington
Road, Dublin 4. jborsje@celt.dias.ie.
7523 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 224–48. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
TÁNAISE RÍG: THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE
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MARILYN DUNN
ABSTRACT. The Rule of the master shows numerous signs of
Irish influence, as well as instances of Lombard-Latin vocabulary,
suggesting that it was composed, not before Benedict, but at the
Columbanian monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy in the seventh
century. It also uses the term secundarius to mean a
designated successor, a usage familiar from the Life of Alfred
and comparable to the Irish tánaise ríg,
confirming the antiquity of the concept and even suggesting that it
may have been known as early as the time of Columbanus (ob. 615).
KEYWORDS: Rule of the Master, monastic rules, Benedict of
Nursia, Basil, Columbanus, Bobbio, equinox, liturgy,
secundarius, ætheling, tánaise
ríg.
Marilyn Dunn, Department of History (Medieval),University of
Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ. mdu@arts.gla.ac..uk
1809 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 249–54. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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THE SO-CALLED OMISSION OF THE BAPTISMAL FORMULA IN THE ORDER OF
BAPTISM IN THE STOWE MISSAL
VICTOR DE WAAL
ABSTRACT. A discussion of the ordo baptismi in the early
medieval Irish church, leading to the conclusion that its baptism
represented the survival of Early Christian usages.
KEYWORDS: ordo baptismi, baptism, adult baptism, immersion,
ritual, cathecumenate, Stowe Missal.
Victor de Waal, The Skreen, Erwood, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2
3SK, UK.
1503 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 255–58. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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REICLÉS IN THE IRISH ANNALS TO AD 1200
AIDAN MACDONALD
ABSTRACT. This paper offers a detailed discussion of the
annalistic evidence for the Early Medieval church type,
reiclés, in an attempt to establish its true nature and
its role in the Irish church in the twelfth century and before.
KEYWORDS: Irish church, Early Medieval church, church types,
reliquary churches, relics, hagiography, pilgrimage, Armagh, Kildare,
Clonmacnoise, Derry, Kells.
Aidan Macdonald, Department of Archaeology,University College,
NUI, Cork
8237 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 259–75. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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CHURCH AND STATE IN ANGEVIN IRELAND
† W. L. WARREN
ABSTRACT. An examination of the ecclesiastical policy of the first
Angevin kings in Ireland suggests that the period 1171-1216
constitutes a distinct phase in Irish history characterised by a
desire on the part of Henry II and king John to pursue a policy of
peaceful co-existence between Irish and Anglo-Norman, rather than
division and competition; a more colonial attitude becomes apparent
during the minority of Henry III.
KEYWORDS: Irish church, Anglo-Irish relations, Henry II, king of
England, John, king of England, episcopal elections, Ailbe (Albinus)
Ua Máel Muaid, bishop of Ferns, Echdhonn (Eugenius) Mac Gilla
Uidir, archbishop of Armagh, Aubrey Gwynn.
6927 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 276–91. ISBN
2-503-50912-6.
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WAITING FOR THE REGISTRAR: APPEAL AT THE METROPOLITAN COURT OF
ARMAGH
M. A. SUGHI
ABSTRACT. The presentation of an appeal to a metropolitan court is
an important aspect of medieval ecclesiastical law. Here it is treated
in three stages with reference to the Armagh registers: (i) the
recipient of the appeal in canon law; (ii) the degree to which the
principles of universal canon law, ius commune, were observed
at Armagh; and (iii) the preliminaries of a case of appeal (up to its
presentation) as reconstructed from the Armagh registers in the
metropolitan court of Armagh. Though technical, the matters throws
vivid new light on aspects of Irish life at the end of the middle
age.
KEYWORDS: Armagh, archbishop Octavian, registrar, metropolitan
registers, canon law, ius commune, church courts, appeal,
ecclesiastical litigation, late medieval church, archiepiscopal
manors.
Mario A. Sughi, 15 Greenmount Lane, Dublin 12.
7095 words, Peritia 13 (1999) 292–308. IBN
2-503-50912-6.
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