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CLA 407
Shelfmarks
  • Perugia Italy Biblioteca Capitolare MS 1
  • Perugia Italy Biblioteca Capitolare MS 3 (fragm.)
Script Uncial
Date VI² (551 - 600)
Origin and Provenance

Written doubtless in Italy. Became known to biblical scholars through Bianchini. The MS was in a pitiful condition until it was repaired at the Vatican in 1910. It is now preserved as a treasure in the Museum of the Cathedral. A complete transcript made about 1819 is kept beside the original.

CLA Vol. 4
TM Number TM 66511
Support Parchment
Contents Testamentum Novum, Evangelia (Vulgata, Lc, Io).
Script Commentary

Script is an excellent calligraphic uncial but not of the oldest type. Manifestly a manuscript de luxe.

Notes

☛McGurk, Gospel books no. 100.

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