[13] The comparison of the arch above the head of the Heavenly King to a wrought helmet or a regal diadem, may have been suggested by the picturesque and chivalrous custom of the Irish kings recorded in the ancient Irish poem upon the Fair of Carman, whence it appears that their head-dress on ordinary state occasions was a wrought helmet, the royal crown being reserved for the day of battle. [14] ‘Glow,’ [Uncial: derge], lit. ‘redness,’ which, Mr. Whitley Stokes suggests, ‘symbolises divine love, creative power, royalty.’ If so, cp. Dante’s description of a ‘goodly crimson’ as ‘questo nobilissimo colore.’ [15] Or, _qy._ ‘comet’? [16] Compare the description of the seven walls of Ecbatana, of different hue, in Herodotus, Book I. [17] So Windisch trans. [Uncial: Crand caingil], = _cancelli_. [18] ‘Seats,’ or _qy._ stalls; the author appears to have in mind the construction of a Christian church. Cp. note to ch. 31 _post._ ‘Canopies,’ lit. ‘crowns.’ [19] Or ‘virgins,’ W. S. [20] See last note. [21] Or ‘parricides,’ [Uncial: fingalaċ], which O’Donovan translates both as ‘a fratricide, one who has killed a tribesman,’ and ‘parricidal’ (Supplement to O’Reilly’s Dictionary). [22] The Erenach, or [Uncial: aircindeċ], was the official guardian of Church temporalities. [23] [Uncial: Dánaib], which signifies ‘gifts,’ ‘arts,’ etc. [24] [Uncial: pluic], which W. S. trans, ‘maces,’ or ‘clubs.’ [25] ‘Reivers,’ [Uncial: aiṫdibergaig], which W. S. trans. ‘men who mark themselves to the Devil,’ but expresses doubt on the subject, and cites authorities which seem to imply the sense of rapine or plunder. [26] Or ‘without remission, but they,’ etc. [27] [Uncial: Co lár], which W. S. trans. ‘down to the ground.’ [28] [Uncial: Roṫa], so Windisch from [Uncial: ruṫ]; W. S. trans, ‘wheels’ from [Uncial: roṫ]. [29] Or, ‘the ordained who have broken their vows.’ [30] [Uncial: Erdam], which, Mr. Whitley Stokes says, was the name used by the Irish ecclesiastical writers as equivalent to the Greek _pronaos_ or _narthex_. See notes 1 and 2 to Ch. 13, _ante_. [31] Cp. _ante_, Sec. 2. [32] The Mórdáil at which these laws were passed was apparently held in the year 697, while Finnachta Fledach had been assassinated in 695. This anachronism affords yet further evidence of the comparatively late composition of our version of the Vision. [33] [Uncial: Anmċairdine], ‘soul-friendship’; [Uncial: anmċara], ‘soul-friend,’ is the Irish name for a father-confessor.