Volume / Number: 3 / 306
| CLA | 306 |
|---|---|
| Shelfmarks |
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| Script | Mixed Half-Uncial |
| Date | V–VI (480 - 520) |
| Origin and Provenance |
Written no doubt in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. Re-used about 1100 for copying a Christian work in Arabic. Acquired by the Ambrosian Library in 1910 from a dealer. The actual place of origin or provenance is unknown. |
| CLA Vol. | 3 |
| TM Number | TM 62964 |
| Support | Parchment |
| Contents | Vergilius, Aeneis cum versione Graeca (1.588–608, 649–68, 689–708, 729–33, 735–48). |
| Script Commentary |
Script is a small and somewhat mannered half-uncial of an early or mixed type: uncial A and G are uncial;. b, d, m, and r are half-uncial; m and r have the rectangular form (see CLA 2.248); the cross-stroke stroke of ꞇ has a downward finial at both ends; i-longa is the rule initially. |
| Notes |
☛Formerly Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana Cimelio MS 3. ☛Scappaticcio, Papyri Vergilianae 7 (date IV–V). ☛Cavenaile, CPL 7. |
| Last modified | 30 April 2019 |