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• Rome Italy Biblioteca Vallicelliana R 32

Origin uncertain: the barred abbreviation-stroke over Nomina Sacra and the form of letter uncial A suggest central or northern Italy; on the other hand, the use of capital Q in an otherwise consistent uncial alphabet points to France.

Script is a bold, heavily shaded uncial of a late type: the bow of A is often like a thin pendant oval; the two bows of B do not touch; the tail of 𐌾 is long and thin; the second bow of M is higher than the first; the bow of P is low and full and inclines to the left; most noteworthy of all is the regular use of capital Q for uncial q as in the Hamilton Gospels in the Pierpont Morgan Library.