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Volume / Number: S / 1777

CLA 1777
Shelfmarks
  • Worcester United Kingdom Cathedral Library Add. MS 5
Script Insular Majuscule
Date VIII² (751 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written doubtless in England. Our manuscript was attached to the cover of Worcester MS Q. 51. The Worcester Paterius leaves described in CLA 2.265, which formerly bore the press-mark Add. MS 5 are now catalogued Add. MS 4.

CLA Vol. S
TM Number TM 67910
Support Parchment
Contents Isidorus, Sententiae (2.11–13).
Script Commentary

Script is a late type of Insular majuscule: d and ; n is mostly minuscule; R and r, the minuscule form being easily mistaken for n; S and occur side by side.

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