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Volume / Number: 5 / 642

CLA 642
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  • Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Lat. 12292 [fly-leaves]
Script Irish Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably in Ireland. Provenance Corbie: the, old ex~libris:, 'Liber sancti Petri Corbeie' (saec. XII–XIII) stands on fol. 1. Later at Saint-Germain-des-Prés, where it was numbered '852, olim 623'. Came to the Bibliothèque Nationale during the Revolution.

CLA Vol. 5
TM Number TM 66809
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Contents Anonymous, Commentarii in Matthaeum (fragm.).
Script Commentary

Script is a square minuscule with few ligatures: , though uncial, has an almost vertical second stroke; e is tall and open; is 3-shaped and very narrow; the bow of p is often open and ends in a tag to the right, an lnsular feature; v-shaped suprascript u is frequent in final syllables; the form of z is typically Insular; the ae ligature occurs frequently; the ligature ui stands on the line and resembles elongated figure 3.

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