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Volume / Number: 5 / 677

CLA 677
Shelfmarks
  • Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Nouv. Acq. Lat. 260
Script Visigothic Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably in Northern Spain. Bought by the Bibliothèque Nationale in 1878 with a collection of manuscripts from the well-known abbey of Silos near Burgos.

CLA Vol. 5
TM Number TM 66845
Support Parchment
Contents Cassianus, De Coenobiorum Institutis.
Script Commentary

Script is a well-formed Visigothic minuscule with the characteristic open a, and G; suprascript v-shaped u is frequent; x is noteworthy—the oblique shaft leaning to the left has a sort of inverted comma at the top right end and another placed low at left end; Y rises above other letters; z has a superior dot.

Last modified 01 May 2019