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CLA 748
Shelfmarks
  • Chartres France Bibliothèque Municipale MS 106 (118)
Script Pre-Caroline Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably in North-east France or the Lowlands. Was at St Père of Chartres as early as the tenth centry to judge from the ex-libris on fol. 247v. Perished in the war in 1944.

CLA Vol. 6
TM Number TM 66918
Support Parchment
Contents Hieronymus, Vita Pauli, etc.; Isidorus, Opuscula.
Script Commentary

Script is a distinct variety of pre-Caroline minuscule giving a general impression of angularity: a is formed by two c's; r is short and has a markedly angular shoulder.

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