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Volume / Number: 8 / 1175

CLA 1175
Shelfmarks
  • Darmstadt Germany Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek MS 895 (fly-leaves) [palimpsest new]
  • Stuttgart Germany Württembergische Landesbibliothek Codex Donaueschingen 925 [palimpsest new]
  • Stuttgart Germany Württembergische Landesbibliothek HB VI.114, VII.10, VII.29, VII.30, VII.64, XIV.15 (fly-leaves) [palimpsest new]
Script Pre-Caroline Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Origin uncertain, most probably a North Italian centre, to judge from script and spelling. The fragments were used for binding manuscripts of the Constance Cathedral Library, which in 1630 were purchased by the monastery of Weingarten in Swabia.
CLA Vol. 8
TM Number TM 67313
Support Parchment
Contents Lectionarium Gallicanum (Canones Poenitentiales, fragm.).
Name Fragmenta Weingartensia. Fragmenta Constantiensia. (π)
Script Commentary

Script is a somewhat angular pre-Caroline minuscule showing two forms of a and d; r extends below the line; the nt ligature has a small cup-shaped finial.
Notes

☛Formerly Donaueschingen, Hofbibliothek 925 [palimpsest new].
Last modified 17 May 2019