Volume / Number: S / 1688

CLA	1688
Shelfmarks	Düsseldorf Germany Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek K16: Z 4/2
Script	Anglo-Saxon Minuscule
Date	VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance	Written in an Anglo-Saxon centre, presumably in Germany. The fragment served as jacket to an account towards the end of the sixteenth century; cf. the entry ‘Des haues (?) Vehusen Vascht Beden Register’. It came from the monastery of Werden to which Viehausen belonged.
CLA Vol.	S
TM Number	TM 67855
Support	Parchment
Contents	Beda, Homiliae (1.8, 10.1–end).
Script Commentary	Script is pointed Anglo-Saxon minuscule: the top of a is distinctly pointed; d has two forms; i-longa occurs initially; an elongated round s occurs at line-end; descenders are long and tend to lean slightly to the right.
Notes	☛Formerly Düsseldorf, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek StAD Z 4 Nr. 8.
Facsimile URL	http://bloch.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/fragmente/fullsize/k16_z4_2_01.jpg
Last modified	27 March 2022