Volume / Number: 9 / 1438
CLA | 1438 |
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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 Ᵹ often forms a triangle; the third stroke of final m goes below the line. |
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Last modified | 03 May 2019 |