Volume / Number: 2 / 244

CLA	244
Shelfmarks	Oxford United Kingdom Bodleian Library MS. Lat. Bibl. b. 2 (P) [S.C. 2202*] London United Kingdom British Library Royal MS 1. E. VI Canterbury United Kingdom Cathedral Library Add. MS 16
Script	Anglo-Saxon Majuscule
Date	VIII ex (776 - 800)
Origin and Provenance	Written in England, probably at Canterbury. Used in the binding of the eleventh-century MS of Johannes Diaconus, Vita S Gregorii, now MS Bodley 381 [2202], which came from St Augustine’s, Canterbury, as the familiar fourteenth-century ex-libris on the verso of this leaf shows. Presented to the Bodleian Library by Thomas Allen of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, in 1601.
CLA Vol.	2
TM Number	TM 66312
Support	Parchment
Contents	Testamentum Novum (Act 18.27–21.12).
Name	Canterbury Gospels.
Script Commentary	Script is an artificial type of Anglo-Saxon majuscule; the tops of upright strokes are often split and there is a general distortion of simple strokes. R and S are mostly majuscule.
Facsimile URL	https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/e4107396-5543-4431-944f-ba314e2330b4/ http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_1_E_VI
Collections	Text: MSS containing biblical text (including Gospels) Text: MSS containing Gospel text
Last modified	06 September 2022