Volume / Number: 9 / 1402

• Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Misc. F. 5 a

Written doubtless in a German scriptorium with Anglo-Saxon connections. Later in the Würzburg Cathedral Library: the ex-libris 'Liber sci kyliani' (saec. XII) and the shelf-mark 'CXII' are seen on fol. 1.

Script, by several hands, is pre-Caroline minuscule of a German type: a has two forms; uncial G occurs here and there; the top of ꞇ often loops at the left; ligatures occur with subscript i; ti ligature is used for hard and soft ti. One of the scribes on fol. 18v manifestly tries to imitate Anglo-Saxon in the horned bows of d and q. The typically Insular form of capital M, consisting of three shafts barred horizontally, occurs here and there. A cryptographic colophon on fol. 40; the colophon of the Computus is followed by 'Gloria individuae trinitati' (fol. 31v). Corrections in Anglo-Saxon (fol. 13) and Caroline minuscule saec. IX. The name 'Sigimar' (saec. VIII–IX) is seen on fol. 8. Numerous verses saec. XI on fol. 1v. For strips in Anglo-Saxon minuscule saec. VIII–IX, used to strengthen the binding, see preceding item.