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Volume / Number: S / 1800

CLA 1800
Shelfmarks
  • Munich Germany Bayerische Staatsbibliothek CLM 17281 (pasted on the back cover)
  • Munich Germany Bayerische Staatsbibliothek CLM 29300/5
Script Early Caroline Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written most likely in South-east Germany, to judge by all the features of the script. The fragment was taken from the binding of CLM 17164, a legal manuscript saec. XIII–XIV which belonged to the monastery of Schäftlarn.

CLA Vol. S
TM Number TM 67926
Support Parchment
Contents Sacramentarium Gregorianum (fragm.).
Script Commentary

Script is a well-formed early Caroline minuscule: a has two forms; d is mostly minuscule; g is broad; noteworthy is the form of t after n, and even after m, a feature frequently encountered in manuscripts of the St Gall-Reichenau region.

Notes

☛Formerly Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek CLM 29163 e. ☛Bischoff, Katalog 2 no. 3386.

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Last modified 03 May 2019