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CLA 320
Shelfmarks
  • Milan Italy Biblioteca Ambrosiana C. 77 Sup. (fol. 245) [palimpsest new]
Script Uncial
Date VII (601 - 700)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably at Bobbio, to judge by the general character of the script. Later used as a fly-leaf of a Bobbio MS of Isidorus. The familiar Bobbio ex-libris stands in the top margin of fol. 1.

CLA Vol. 3
TM Number TM 66417
Support Parchment
Contents Testamentum Vetus, Prophetae maiores (Vulgata, Is 60.4–61.1).
Script Commentary

Script is regular, rather heavy, but calligraphic uncial: the bow of uncial A is compressed and made with thin strokes; the hasta of uncial E is high and the loop closed; the two bows of uncial M are closed; the axis of O is almost vertical; the bow of R is low and open; T has an upward hair-line at the base.

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