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Volume / Number: 9 / 1442

CLA 1442
Shelfmarks
  • Würzburg Germany Universitätsbibliothek M. P. Th. O. 1
Script Pre-Caroline and Anglo-Saxon Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written in a Southwest German centre such as Murbach. Migrated early to the Main region or Hessia, where the last four folios were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule. Belonged to the Würzburg Cathedral Library, where it bore the numbers 'CXLV' and '55'.

CLA Vol. 9
TM Number TM 67583
Support Parchment
Contents Caesarius Arelatensis, Homiliae (4, 233–236, 155); Caesarius Arelatensis, Epistulae (2, Ad Sanctiomoniales, fragm.); Eusebius Gallicanus, Homiliae (39, 6, 40, 41, 44).
Script Commentary

Script of foll. 1–37v is an early roundish minuscule of Southwest German type, closely resembling the script of CLM 14082 and 14379 (CLA 9.1290, 1296): a and d have two forms; the shaft of h often leans to the left or is even curved like a longish s; here and there the top of bends down to the left; v-shaped u is found suprascript at line-end; a dot is often added to the lower left limb of x as in the Munich manuscripts; z is tall; numerous ligatures, including forms with a suprascript and with i subscript; ti ligature occurs for soft ti. The script of foll. 37v ff. is Anglo-Saxon minuscule with long, finely pointed descenders.

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