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Volume / Number: 9 / 1438

CLA 1438
Shelfmarks
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Th. Q. 30
Script Anglo-Saxon Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written in an Anglo-Saxon centre on the Continent and presumably in Germany. Belonged to the Würzburg Cathedral Library, where the manuscript bore the numbers 'CXXX' and '173'.

CLA Vol. 9
TM Number TM 67579
Support Parchment
Contents Vitae Patrum (Geronticon, imperf.).
Script Commentary

Script is small and neat Anglo-Saxon minuscule by different hands writing different types, some redolent of Northumbria: the first uses long descenders; the bow of often forms a triangle; the third stroke of final m goes below the line.

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