Volume / Number: 2 / 183

CLA	183
Shelfmarks	London United Kingdom British Library MS Caligula A. XV (foll. 3–38, 42–64, 73–117)
Script	French Pre-Caroline Minuscule
Date	VIII² (751 - 800)
Origin and Provenance	Written probably in North-east France, in a centre with Insular connections; copied from an exemplar written AD 743, the year mentioned on fol. 107. Was in England by the ninth or tenth century: in the lower margin of fol. 41v is an entry scratched with a stylus in Anglo-Saxon letters saec. IX or X 'liofric sacerd garulf leuita'.
CLA Vol.	2
TM Number	TM 66287
Support	Parchment
Contents	Hieronymus, De Viris Illustribus; Gennadius, De Viris Illustribus; Cyprianus, Testimonia ad Quirinum (3); Computistica Varia.
Script Commentary	Script is a rather well-formed Pre-Caroline minuscule showing clear signs of Insular influence: the top of t is flat; R has nearly always the uncial form; a is usually open; g is low with both bows open; i-longa is frequently used (even 'prIncipibus'), the letter occasionally descending below the line.
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Last modified	18 July 2017