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Volume / Number: 8 / 1154

CLA 1154
Shelfmarks
  • Cologne Germany Dombibliothek 83
Script Caroline Minuscule
Date VIII ex (798 - 798)
Origin and Provenance

Written at Cologne, for Archbishop Hildebald (799–819); the inscription 'CODEX SANCTI PETRI SCRIPTUS SUB PIO PATRE HILDEBALDO ARCHIEPISCOPO' stands on fol. 1. The precise date of our part is fixed by a historical note on fol. 14v; the volume was completed in 805. For modern history, see CLA 8.1146; its Darmstadt number was 2084.

CLA Vol. 8
TM Number TM 67292
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Contents Beda, Computus, De Temporum Ratione; Isidorus, De Natura Rerum, Etymologiae; Aratus Latinus, Phaenomena.
Script Commentary

Script is an early Caroline minuscule: a has two forms; flat-topped g occurs frequently; ligatures include nt (even in mid-word), sp, te.

Notes

☛Bischoff, Katalog 1 no. 1907. ☛Index Tironianorum.

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