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CLA 604
Shelfmarks
  • Bern Switzerland Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek 611
  • Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Lat. 10756 (foll. 62–69)
Script Pre-Caroline Minuscule, Cursive Minuscule and Notae Tironianae
Date VIII¹ (701 - 750)
Origin and Provenance

Written apparently in East France. The Paris part belonged to the De Rosny Library (No. 2400 in the sale catalogue). Purchased by the Bibliothèque Nationale in 1844. The Bern part belonged to the French diplomat and scholar Jacques Bongars (†1612) who bequeathed his library to the city of Bern.

CLA Vol. 5
TM Number TM 66771
Support Parchment
Contents Asper, Ars Grammatica; Formulae; Cyclus Decennovennalis; Aenigmata Hexasticha (Physiologus).
Script Commentary

Script shows a variety of types: uncial is seen on foll. 64v–66v, pre-Caroline minuscule on fol. 67, and the poem on foll. 67v–68 is in mixed Cursive minuscule and Notae Tironianae, fol. 69v being entirely in Notae Tironianae, which also occur elsewhere.

Notes

Index Tironianorum.

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