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Volume / Number: S1 / 1848

CLA 1848
Shelfmarks
  • Münster Germany Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Fragmentenkaps 1 no. 3
Script Anglo-Saxon Majuscule
Date VIII² (751 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written in England. Later presumably in a German monastery.

CLA Vol. S1
TM Number TM 68712
Support Parchment
Contents Beda, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (4.8–9).
Script Commentary

Script is an expert Anglo-Saxon majuscule of the compressed type verging on minuscule: a mostly majuscule, rarely minuscule, once in the open form; d and n are minuscule; r majuscule (with long stem and open) and minuscule are both used, likewise s; ligatures with e are frequent; mi, ni, and ti occur. Some contemporary and later corrections. Curiously enough a late-medievai pair of spectacles left a clear offset on the verso.

Notes

☛Formerly Münster, Staatsarchiv, Fragmentenkaps. 1 no. 3.

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