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• Cambridge United Kingdom Corpus Christi College 334

Written in North France, probably in the Laon area. The entry in the margin of fol. 97v (Fortinatus scripsit istum librum orate pro illum) in crude capitals and minuscule, difficult to date, is of interest since some letters are Insular.

Script is a distinct French type of pre-Caroline minuscule found in a few MSS from Laon and called a-z from its distinguishing letters; a has the peculiarity that its two bows are angular, and z rises high above the line in the form of a fool’s cap; uncial a occurs even in mid-line and has a characteristic pendant bow; suprascript u after q combines with the following vowel and is crook-shaped; the ligature ti invariably represents the hard sound of t, the normal ti the assibilated sound (ratione); x resembles cx; there are numerous ligatures.

☛Correcting the scribe’s name (from ‘Fortunatus’).

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• Text: MSS containing exegetical works
• Origin: Merovingian MSS, a provisional handlist (Wood 2017)
• Script: MSS with named scribes (John 1995 with additions)
• CLA information changed