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Volume / Number: S / 1750

CLA 1750
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  • Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Nouv. Acq. Lat. 1177 (fol. 1)
Script Merovingian Minuscule
Date VIII¹ (701 - 750)
Origin and Provenance

Written doubtless in France and probably in the North or North-east, to judge by the script. Later history unknown.

CLA Vol. S
TM Number TM 67887
Support Parchment
Contents Gregorius Magnus, Homiliae in Evangelia (2.22.8).
Script Commentary

Script is calligraphic Merovingian minuscule akin to the Luxeuil type: a has two forms, the open a predominating; d is mostly minuscule; g has the characteristic compressed lower half; n has two forms, the uncial predominating; oꝛ occurs even in mid-word; y is short and dotted.

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