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Volume / Number: 7 / 919

CLA 919
Shelfmarks
  • Sankt Gallen Switzerland Stiftsbibliothek 194 (p. 222–233) [palimpsest old]
Script Uncial
Date VIII¹ (701 - 750)
Origin and Provenance

Origin uncertain. The parchment was re-used in the eighth century for writing sermons, apparently, to judge by the script, in some Swiss centre, most likely St Gall.

CLA Vol. 7
TM Number TM 67063
Support Parchment
Contents Sacramentarium Gallicanum (fragm.).
Script Commentary

Script is irregular and debased uncial: the bow of A rises above the base-line; q is open at the top; the last stroke of R here and there resembles a bent knee, as in the Bobbio Missal (CLA 5.653).

Notes

☛Y. Hen, Liturgical palimpsests, Bibliologia 26, 2007, p. 52 no. 23.

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