Skip to content

Volume / Number: 9 / 1377

CLA 1377
Shelfmarks
  • Wolfenbüttel Germany Herzog August Bibliothek Aug. Quarto 13.11 [palimpsest old]
Script Uncial
Date V² (451 - 500)
Origin and Provenance

Origin uncertain, presumably Italy. Overwritten in the eighth century with Augustine at Luxeuil or an affiliated house. The fragment was used in the binding of a Strasbourg incunabulum edition of Nicolaus de Lyra (Hain 10372).

CLA Vol. 9
TM Number TM 67516
Support Parchment
Contents Ovidius, Ex ponto (4 9.101–8, 127–33; 12.15–19, 41–4).
Script Commentary

Script is excellent, bold uncial of the oldest type: the bow of A is pointed; the hasta of E is high, and the eye is open; N is very broad; the bows of P and q are small.

Collection
Last modified 29 June 2017