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Volume / Number: S2 / 1884

CLA 1884
Shelfmarks
  • Vatican City Italy Biblioteca del Vaticano Lat. 15204 (fol. 5A)
Script Uncial
Date VII–VIII (680 - 720)
Origin and Provenance

Origin presumably Italy. Removed from the binding of a printed book according to a note of Federico Patetta on fol. 5 (‘dalla rilegatura di libro stampato a Venezia, Aldo, 1498’).

CLA Vol. S2
TM Number TM 118675
Support Parchment
Contents Gregorius Magnus, Homiliae in Evangelia (28.2–3).
Script Commentary

Script is a-t uncial: the bow of A is shallow and made with thin strokes; the foot of L has a finial descending below the line; LL run together; the first loop of M is closed; the oblique of N begins low and extends beyond the comma-like second upright; the bow of R is open and in one instance descends almost to the base-line; S is top-heavy; the topstroke of T begins with a loop.

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Last modified 26 March 2022