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Volume / Number: 7 / 1001

CLA 1001
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  • Schaffhausen Switzerland Stadtbibliothek Min. 45 (foll. 44, 45, 48, 49) [palimpsest]
Script Insular Minuscule
Date VIII (701 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Origin uncertain, probably a centre in Ireland. Used for rewriting in the late eleventh century, apparently in the monastery of Allerheiligen at Schaffhausen. For later history see preceding item.

CLA Vol. 7
TM Number TM 67146
Support Parchment
Contents Fragmenta Textus Incerti.
Script Commentary

Script is a diminutive Insular minuscule, and to all appearances Irish: the word homo with the characteristic h and subscript o after m is discernible in the upper left corner of fol. 48v.

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