Volume / Number: 2 / 155
CLA | 155 |
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Script | Anglo-Saxon Minuscule |
Date | VIII–IX (780 - 820) |
Origin and Provenance |
Origin uncertain. Script suggests a Continental home, presumably in the Germanic area. The book to which this fragment serves as a fly-leaf belonged to Thomas Rud (1668–1733), who gave it to the Cathedral Library. |
CLA Vol. | 2 |
TM Number | TM 66259 |
Support | Parchment |
Contents | Gregorius Magnus, Moralia in Iob (23.47–49, 31.9-11, 35.21–22, 35:23–26). |
Script Commentary |
Script is a pointed minuscule of a distinct type; ꝺ has the uncial form; theta-like e occurs; g has two forms, one resembling a flat-topped elongated 3, the other with a curiously sharp and protruding middle; r and ꞅ descend well below the line. |
Notes |
☛Bischoff, Katalog 1 no. 965. |
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Last modified | 30 April 2019 |