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Volume / Number: 8 / 1165

CLA 1165
Shelfmarks
  • Cologne Germany Historisches Archiv GB Kasten B 123
  • Cologne Germany Historisches Archiv GB Kasten B 124
  • Cologne Germany Historisches Archiv GB Kasten B 24
Script Anglo-Saxon Majuscule
Date VIII (701 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably in Northumbria, possibly in a Continental centre under Northumbrian influence. The fragments were used as fly-leaves in bindings from the monastery of Gross-Sankt-Martin in Cologne.

CLA Vol. 8
TM Number TM 67305
Support Parchment
Contents Sacramentarium Gelasianum (fragm.).
Script Commentary

Script is a large Anglo-Saxon majuscule by more than one hand: uncial A with the bow hanging below the line, occurs at line-ends; d and n are usually minuscule, R and S usually majuscule.

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