Volume / Number: 5 / **163
CLA | **163 |
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Script | Luxeuil Minuscule |
Date | VIII in (701 - 725) |
Origin and Provenance |
Written in South-east France in the region that produced the Luxeuil Lectionary (CLA 5.579) and the Ivrea Gregory (CLA 3.300). The fragment in N.A. Lat. 2243 was acquired from a Paris bookseller in 1881; the provenance of the fragment in N.A. Lat. 2388 is unknown. For further details see under British Museum Add. MS 11878 (CLA 2.163). |
CLA Vol. | 5 |
TM Number | TM 66267 |
Support | Parchment |
Contents | Gregorius Magnus, Moralia in Iob (23.1–24.51). |
Script Commentary |
Script is a rapid minuscule known as the ‘Luxeuil’ type: a is narrow and leans back; b and o occur with a tag to the right; suprascript sickle-shaped u is frequent; y is v-shaped; i-longa is used initially and for the semi-vocal sound; ti ligature occurs for both hard and soft sounds of ti. |
Notes |
☛Tewes, Luxeuil No. 6, dates to after 680, ca 700. ☛Index Tironianorum here and here. |
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Last modified | 02 April 2022 |