Volume / Number: 2 / 217

CLA	217
Shelfmarks	London United Kingdom British Library Royal MS 7.C.XII (foll. 2–3)
Script	Anglo-Saxon Majuscule
Date	VII–VIII (680 - 720)
Origin and Provenance	Written in England, probably in a Northumbrian centre. Script, punctuation, and size suggest that these leaves come from a manuscript similar to Cambridge Corpus Christi College 197 (CLA 2.125), or else are part of that very manuscript. The leaves (and the whole MS) belonged to Cardinal Wolsey (†1530), whose autograph is seen on fol. 2. Written in England, probably in a Northumbrian centre.
CLA Vol.	2
TM Number	TM 66315
Support	Parchment
Contents	Testamentum Novum, Evangelia (Canones, fragm.).
Script Commentary	Script is a bold and expert Anglo-Saxon majuscule: e has a theta-like form; the Greek letter Π is used in the colophon.
Notes	☛CLA first-edition date (VIII) changed to follow second edition. ☛McGurk, Gospel books no. 29.
Facsimile URL	http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_7_C_XII
Collections	CLA information changed Text: MSS containing biblical text (including Gospels) Text: MSS containing Gospel text
Last modified	30 April 2019