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Volume / Number: S / **163

CLA **163
Shelfmarks
  • Cambridge, Mass. USA Harvard University MS Typ. 592
  • London United Kingdom British Library Add. MS 11878
  • London United Kingdom British Library Add. MS 41567 I
  • Oslo Norway Private Collection Schøyen MS 1361
  • Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2243 (foll. 1–2)
  • Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2388 (foll. 1–2)
Script Luxeuil Minuscule
Date VIII in (701 - 725)
Origin and Provenance

Written at Luxeuil or an affiliated house. Later history unknown. This item has already been described in volumes 2 and 5.

CLA Vol. S
TM Number TM 66267
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Contents Gregorius Magnus, Moralia in Iob (23.1–24.51).
Script Commentary

Script is Luxeuil minuscule: a in ligature rises above the line; the shaft of b is often connected by a tag with the following letter; c initially is broken-backed; the bow of d is often open when attached to the previous letter; i-longa occurs initially and medially as well; uncial N occurs even in mid-word; superior sickle-shaped u even in mid-line; y is short and dotted; ascenders lean distinctly to the left; ligatures with are frequent and the ti ligature is used indifferently for the hard and soft sound.

Notes

☛Tewes, Luxeuil No. 6, dates to after 680, ca 700. ☛Formerly Cheltenham, Private collection Phillipps 36184. ☛Index Tironianorum here, here, here, here, here, and here.

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