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Volume / Number: 8 / 1176

CLA 1176
Shelfmarks
  • Darmstadt Germany Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek MS 895 (fly-leaves) [palimpsest old]
  • Stuttgart Germany Württembergische Landesbibliothek HB VI.114, VII.29, VII.64, XIV.15 (fly-leaves) [palimpsest old]
Script Uncial
Date VII (601 - 700)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably in North Italy, to judge from the script. Rewritten probably in North Italy with Canones poenitentiales ca. 800. Later dismembered and used for binding purposes in the Constance Cathedral Library. The fragments came to Weingarten with other Constance manuscripts in 1630.

CLA Vol. 8
TM Number TM 67314
Support Parchment
Contents Testamentum Novum, Evangelistarium (Vetus Latina, fragm.).
Name Fragmenta Weingartensia. Fragmenta Constantiensia.
Script Commentary

Script is a bold uncial with its letters elongated and leaning somewhat to the left: noteworthy is the uncial A with its small, pendent, and almost horizontal bow.

Notes

☛Formerly Donaueschingen, Hofbibliothek 925 [palimpsest old]. ☛Formerly Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek Codex Donaueschingen 925 [palimpsest old].

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Last modified 19 April 2022