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Volume / Number: S / 1730

CLA 1730
Shelfmarks
  • Marburg Germany Hessisches Staatsarchiv Hr. 1, 3
Script Anglo-Saxon Majuscule
Date VIII (701 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably on the Continent, presumably at Fulda.

CLA Vol. S
TM Number TM 67870
Support Parchment
Contents Gregorius Magnus, Homiliae in Ezechielem (2.8).
Script Commentary

Script is a debased Anglo-Saxon majuscule by a not very expert scribe: and d, n, R, S; e rises above the line; i-longa occurs here and there initially; the tail of sweeps markedly to the right; y is short with both branches leaning to the right; ligatures include ae.

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