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Volume / Number: 6 / 705

CLA 705
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  • Albi France Bibliothèque Municipale 29
Script Visigothic Minuscule
Date VIII² (751 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written in Spain or Septimania. Comes from the cathedral of Albi: the entry 'ex libris capituli Ecclesie Albiensis' in a modern hand is seen on the front fly-leaf.

CLA Vol. 6
TM Number TM 66873
Support Parchment
Contents Ps- Cicero, Synonyma; Eucherius, Glossae spirituales; Gennadius, Opus incertum?; Ps- Isidorus, De Proprietate Sermonum (foll. 32–47).
Script Commentary

Script is an early, rather loose Visigothic minuscule by several hands: d has two forms; ligatures are freely used, especially with e and t; the form of L in numerals is noteworthy. A marginal note in Caroline minuscule saec. X on fol. 39v: 'Deus agminorum intercessor sis pro servo tuo Theud . . .'.

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