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Volume / Number: S / 1792

CLA 1792
Shelfmarks
  • Miskolc Hungary Zrínyi Ilona Gimnázium without number
Script Anglo-Saxon Minuscule
Date VIII (701 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written in South England, to judge by palaeographical features. The fragment served as jacket to lustiniani Institutionum libri 4, printed in Jena in 1693.

CLA Vol. S
TM Number TM 67918
Support Parchment
Contents Aldhelmus, De Metris et Aenigmatibus ac Pedum Regulis (Aen. 100.20.28–43, 56–71; 102).
Script Commentary

Script is rapidly written Anglo-Saxon minuscule: a is regularly open; i-longa is the rule initially; the bow of p is open and ends in a tiny thickening; the top of joins preceding a and is here and there longish; the curve of u is pendant; y has both branches curving to the right; z has a striking form; e often forms ligatures with the following letter; subscript i is used after m and n; other ligatures include e with cedilla, te, ti.

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