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Volume / Number: S / 1752

CLA 1752
Shelfmarks
  • Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2389 (foll. 39–41)
Script Corbie Minuscule approaching Maurdramnus Minuscule
Date VIII med (726 - 775)
Origin and Provenance

Written in North France and probably at Corbie or in its vicinity, to judge by the script. Later history unknown.

CLA Vol. S
TM Number TM 67889
Support Parchment
Contents Breviarium Alarici (5.1.9–4.1, 5.1–2, 8.9.1–2).
Script Commentary

Script is an expert North French minuscule foreshadowing the Corbie Maurdramn type: a and d have two forms, with open a and d prevailing; i after r and is occasionally tall, a vestige of antiquity; y is short and dotted and leans to the right; ascenders are tall and distinctly club-shaped.

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