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Volume / Number: S / 1689

CLA 1689
Shelfmarks
  • Edinburgh United Kingdom National Library MS 18.7.8 (foll. 1?, 4, 5, 8?, 9, 16, 28, 31) [palimpsest old]
Script Anglo-Saxon Majuscule
Date VIII (701 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written presumably in England. In the Middle Ages our manuscript formed part of a volume which included Edinburgh Adv. MSS 18. 6. 12 and 18. 7. 7. Belonged to the abbey of Thorney (cf. the ex-libris ‘saec. XIII’ on fol. 1v of 18. 7. 8 and on fol. 1 of 18. 6. 12) and acquired later by Henry Savile of Banke.
CLA Vol. S
TM Number TM 67856
Support Parchment
Contents Augustinus, De Trinitate.
Script Commentary

Script is broad, somewhat awkward Anglo-Saxon majuscule: d has the minuscule form; n is mostly minuscule, S mostly majuscule; r has two forms, the minuscule predominating and easily mistaken for n.
Last modified 27 March 2022