Volume / Number: 2 / 201

CLA	201
Shelfmarks	London United Kingdom British Library Harley MS 4980 (foll. 1–2)
Script	Corbie a-b Script
Date	VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance	Written doubtless in North-east France. Later the MS belonged to S Nazarius, Carcassonne: on fol. 1 in the top margin a thirteenth-century hand entered 'iste lib est ecclesie sci nazarii carc.'
CLA Vol.	2
TM Number	TM 66306
Support	Parchment
Contents	Augustinus, De civitate Dei (16.8–10, 15–16).
Script Commentary	Script is a definite type of pre-Caroline French minuscule practised in the Corbie area and designated by its striking letters a and b; the upright of d goes below the line; i-longa is frequent, especially initially, and usually descends below the line; the shaft of h tends to lean to the left.
Notes	☛Bischoff, Katalog 2 no. 2484. ☛F. Römer, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung II/2 Österr. Akad. Veröff. Corpus Latein. Kirchenväter IV (1972) p. 183-184
Facsimile URL	http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_4980
Collection	Provenance: Corbie library—MSS from Corbie (Zechiel-Eckes)
Last modified	30 April 2019