Plate III from Sullivan's edition of The Book of Kells

plate III

The "head under wing" or "turn under the path" symbol is the "C"-like mark after the dog on the fourth line; and also the slanted "C" on the seventh and ninth lines (cf. Sullivan, 7). Taking into account the re-interpolations of these symbols, the passage now reads (rearranged units are within square brackets):

riae sacerdotii appa
ruit angelus et adnuntiavit et filium iohan
nem ET idem mariae adnuntiavit angelus
filum ihesum
Nativitatem ihesu adnuntiat angelus pas [toribus ET acci]
pit simeon puerum ihesumm ET benedixit
deum et de anna profetissa
Annorum duodecim ihesus in templo doce [bat]
seniores
Ubi iohannis baptizat populum bap [tismum poeniten]

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