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CLA 368
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  • Modena Italy Archivio Capitolare O. I 11
Script Italian Pre-Caroline Minuscule
Date VIII–IX (780 - 820)
Origin and Provenance

Written in Italy, probably in the region where it is still preserved. The words at the end of the Chronicon (fol. 21v), 'dehinc usque ad XXVII cristianissimi et piissimi domni carolo magni regis francorum et langobardorum in italia', are by the original scribe and fix the date of writing in the year 801.

CLA Vol. 3
TM Number TM 66469
Support Parchment
Contents Isidorus, Chronicon; Medica Varia; Apuleius, Opus Incertum?
Script Commentary

Script is an Italian pre-Caroline minuscule making calligraphic use of such ligatures as te, fi, ri, ti (for both hard and soft sounds), nt (even in mid-word), and ant (at line-end); c is often broken; i-longa is regular; the shoulder of r occasionally extends above the letter following.

Notes

☛Bischoff, Katalog 2 nos. 2795 and 2796. ☛Beccaria, I codici di medicina del periodo presalernitano no. 93.

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