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Volume / Number: S1 / 1818

CLA 1818
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  • Cambridge United Kingdom University Library Add. MS 5948
Script Early Caroline Minuscule
Date VIII ex (776 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written presumably in France. The fragment was No. 15105² in the Phillipps collection. Bought at the 1913 Phillipps sale by H. A. Selden. Acquired by the University Library in 1916.

CLA Vol. S1
TM Number TM 68688
Support Parchment
Contents Isidorus, Etymologiae (4.6.19–8.12).
Script Commentary

Script is an easy flowing early minuscule with only oc a. N occasionally; ligatures numerous, especially with e, r and t, among them eo, eti, eu, ri, ro, te, ti (for the hard and soft sound), tri, tu.

Notes

☛Formerly Cheltenham, Private collection Phillipps 15105.

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