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Volume / Number: 8 / 1133

CLA 1133
Shelfmarks
  • Fritzlar Germany Dombibliothek 125,1
  • Kassel Germany Universitätsbibliothek 2° Ms. philol. 15c
  • Marburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek Mscr. 375,1–3
Script Anglo-Saxon Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written most likely in Germany, in one of the Anglo-Saxon missionary centres. The fragments were preserved at Fritzlar, whence presumably one leaf migrated to Kassel.
CLA Vol. 8
TM Number TM 67272
Support Parchment
Contents Priscianus, Institutiones Grammaticae (10.12–21, 14.33–35).
Script Commentary

Script is a rather vigorous, yet somewhat compressed Anglo-Saxon minuscule of a distinct type: d has two forms; down-strokes often have an unexpected short hair-line finial at the top, a sign of decline. Glosses in ninth-century Caroline minuscule show Anglo-Saxon influence.
Notes

☛Formerly Salzburg, Stiftsarchiv St Peter Schatzkammer without number. ☛Bischoff, Katalog 1 no. 1309. ☛CLA city (Magdeburg) changed to Marburg.
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