Volume / Number: S2 / 1882

• Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Lat. 4411

Written in North France, to judge from the script. Was No. 4209 in the Colbert collection and No. 5185 in the Royal collection.

Script, by more than one hand, is a distinct type of pre-Caroline minuscule: a has several forms—a form approaching the Corbie a-b type, and the normal Caroline minuscule form (often at the beginnings of words with pointed bow and long hair-stroke descending well below base-line); here and there b with a tag to the right; uncial forms of a and n, and occasionally uncial R, occur in the minuscule; some lines written entirely in uncial; the shaft of h sometimes leans to the left; final stroke of m often turns inward and may even go below the baseline; numerous ligatures (et is noteworthy); in some instances the script approaches the Corbie a-b type or exhibits the knob-like finials of the Maurdramnus type. Some contemporary corrections.