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CLA 277
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  • Dublin Ireland Trinity College MS 60 (A. I. 15) (foll. 95–98)
Script Irish Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably in the same scriptorium as the Book of Mulling (CLA 2.276). The leaves were found in the shrine which contained that book.

CLA Vol. 2
TM Number TM 66363
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Contents Testamentum Novum, Evangelia (Mt. 26.42–28.35, Mc 1.1–4.8, 5.18–6.35).
Script Commentary

Script is a tiny Irish minuscule akin to that used by the scribe of the main MS (CLA 2.276); ligatures are frequent: that of ti might be mistaken for q; e in ligature often has the curious reversed lower bow.

Notes

☛CLA first-edition date (VII ex) changed to follow second edition. ☛McGurk, Gospel books no. 90.

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