Volume / Number: S / 1792
CLA | 1792 |
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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 ꞇ 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. |
Last modified | 04 July 2017 |