Volume / Number: 9 / 1231

• Merseburg Germany Domstiftsbibliothek MS 83

Written in the Rhaetian part of Switzerland, to judge from the script and ornamentation. Reached Merseburg at latest in the fifteenth century: the librarian's entry of that date stands on fol. 1.

Script, by several hands, is in the main typically Rhaetian minuscule: a and d have two forms; the shaft of h often bends to the left; the top of ꞇ loops to the left as in Beneventan; z is remarkable for its bizarre form; the ligature nt occurs in mid-word: ti ligature is used for soft ti. A ninth-century entry '. . . acu . . . . . . at aeclesiae sancti landeb(erti)' on fol. 1 is now partly illegible. Neumes or letters indicating musical notes were added saec. XI over some passages on fol. 211r–v.

☛Bischoff, Katalog 2 no. 2748.

• Text: MSS containing biblical text (including Gospels)