Skip to content

Volume / Number: 9 / 1401

CLA 1401
Shelfmarks
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Th. F. 13 [binding]
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Th. F. 37 [binding]
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Th. F. 38 [fly-leaf]
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Th. F. 5 [binding]
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Th. F. 60 [binding]
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Th. Q. 2 [binding]
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Misc. F. 5 a [binding]
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Misc. F. 3 [binding]
Script Anglo-Saxon Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Origin uncertain, presumably an Anglo-Saxon centre on the Continent, to judge from the use of parchment instead of vellum. Belonged to the Würzburg Cathedral Library. Used for binding manuscripts in the fifteenth century.

CLA Vol. 9
TM Number TM 67540
Support Parchment
Contents Collectio Canonum Dionysiana (fragm.).
Script Commentary

Script is Anglo-Saxon minuscule, not of the more familiar German type but somewhat reminiscent of Northumbria: uncial is regular in the text, minuscule d in the rubrics; f is short; g is 3-shaped; the bow of p turns up at the end; goes below the line; y leans to the right.

Facsimile URL
Last modified 03 May 2019