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• Kues Germany Hospitalbibliothek 171 (formerly binding)

Written presumably in Ireland, possibly in Northumbria in a centre where Irish tradition was still quite alive. Was in the possession of Cardinal Nicholas of Kues (†1464), who bequeathed his library to the hospital founded by him at Kues near Berncastel.

Script is a bold, expert Insular majuscule with a strong Irish flavour, recalling somewhat the script of the Durham Gospel fragments (CLA 2.147): d, n, r, ꞅ are regularly minuscule; the shaft of h is often sinuous or leans to the left; m at the end of words often has the third stroke curved and going well below the line. Corrections in Caroline minuscule saec. IX¹.

• Text: MSS containing exegetical works