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Volume / Number: 5 / 530

CLA 530
Shelfmarks
  • Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Lat. 1572
Script Early Minuscule
Date VIII² (751 - 800)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably at Tours. The MS came from St Julien, Tours, as stated by Baluze in the copy he made of it in 1677. Was No. 3501 in the Colbert collection and later No. 4240.1 in the Royal collection.

CLA Vol. 5
TM Number TM 66659
Support Parchment
Contents Concilium Ephesinum.
Script Commentary

Script is an early Tours minuscule by several expert hands using a and the open a resembling two c's, two forms of n but mostly the uncial; q in ligature with e is open; suprascript u is sickle-shaped or v-like; y is short and sometimes dotted; Insular forms of mi, ni ligatures; ligatures of te, ti, ri are frequent; i-longa is used initially when semi-vocal.

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