Volume / Number: 6 / 787

CLA	787
Shelfmarks	Metz France Bibliothèque Municipale MS 76
Script	Anglo-Saxon Minuscule and Pre-Caroline Minuscule
Date	VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance	Written apparently in Western Germany to judge by the script, and manifestly in a centre with Anglo-Saxon traditions. Destroyed in 1944.
CLA Vol.	6
TM Number	TM 66960
Support	Parchment
Contents	Testamentum Vetus, Prophetae Maiores & Prophetae Minores (Vulgata).
Script Commentary	Script is mainly elongated Anglo-Saxon minuscule by several hands, with r and s going well below the line; roundish, pre-Caroline minuscule occurs in several passages (foll. 6v, 21, 75, etc.): g has the Insular form; uncial N is frequent; ti ligature occurs for soft ti; the hand seen on fol. 6v bears striking resemblance to that of Meginfrit, the scribe of Bamberg Class. 3 (11), formerly M. V. 12 (CLA 8.1027a). Lists of German names are added by a ninth-century hand on foll. Av and 153v.
Notes	☛B. Bischoff, Katalog 2 no. 2768, dates the text to the early ninth century.
Collections	Text: MSS containing biblical text (including Gospels) Script: MSS with named scribes (John 1995 with additions)
Last modified	01 May 2019