Note 47 — Chapter IV · POETIC, OLD AND NEW (FIFTH TO SEVENTH CENTURIES)

See Blume ad loc. He admits the possibility, which seems far from a probability, of reading this as a senarius, but prints it with conviction as a four-verse stanza (dividing at the cæsura) after the analogy of other Irish hymns. Some of these are in this manuscript; but none is equal in art, and this one is not so written. I think it must have been sung Sánctí, veníté, Chrísti córpus súmité, though Sáncti, veníte is a more frequent rhythmical opening.