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Volume / Number: 6 / 827

CLA 827
Shelfmarks
  • Saint-Omer France Bibliothèque Municipale 279 (foll. 1–2)
Script Insular Majuscule
Date VIII (701 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written by a scribe of modest ability either in Britain or in a Continental centre with Insular connections. Provenance St Bertin: a twelfth-century entry on fol. 132v reads: 'Liber S. Bertini'; the familiar saec. XIV–XV ex-libris stands on fol. 3.

CLA Vol. 6
TM Number TM 67607
Support Parchment
Contents Isidorus, Differentiae (2.36–37, 39–40).
Script Commentary

Script is a crude Insular majuscule by an inexpert and probably aged hand: R and S are majuscule, n is minuscule (except once on fol. 1v); a is like contiguous oc, an unusual form of the letter, resembling a capital, is used here and there (see fol. 2v, line 3); the flat tops of and end in a thick dot instead of the usual wedge; the regular use of uncial M is noteworthy; the upper right and lower left branches of x are left hanging.

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