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Volume / Number: 7 / 945

CLA 945
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  • Sankt Gallen Switzerland Stiftsbibliothek 635
Script Caroline Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written in North Italy, apparently in the eastern part, to judge by the presence of Veronese features. Belonged to St Gall already in the ninth century, as the corrections show. The ex-libris ‘lib ᷤ sci galli' (saec. XIII) stands on p. 1.

CLA Vol. 7
TM Number TM 67089
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Contents Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum.
Script Commentary

Script is early Caroline minuscule of Italian type, by many hands, some recalling the Veronese script practised in the time of Pacificus: noteworthy are the pointed a and the flat-topped g used by some scribes; i-longa occurs initially and medially; r often has a small base. A ninth-century St Gall hand thoroughly corrected the manuscript and erased certain passages.

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