Volume / Number: 8 / 1228

• Leipzig Germany Stadtbibliothek Rep. I 1

Written doubtless at Freising. Later at Metlach near Trier: the ex-libris 'Codex monasterii sci Lutwi(ni) epi tr(evirensis) I mediolac.' (saec. XV) and the shelf-mark 'L 8' (over erased P. 6') stand on fol. 1.

Script is early Caroline minuscule closely resembling that of Munich CLM 6282 and 6299 (foll. 86 ff.), both from Freising (CLA 9.1260 and 9.1265): a and d occur in two forms, with open a and d predominating; ligatures are numerous, including h and n with subscript i; also nt in mid-word. Script space on the penultimate page forms a triangle a trick affected by some Freising scribes. Corrections in tenth-century minuscule. This manuscript is the oldest extant copy of this curious work, made probably in the lifetime of Virgilius (†784) and under Bishop Arbeo of Freising (†784), a friend of the author.

• Script: MSS containing Alemannic minuscule (Maag 2014)