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A LEAF FROM A LECTIONARY, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany?, first half 9th century]
A striking survival of a 9th-century manuscript recovered from a binding and a fine example of the clarity and elegant simplicity of caroline script.
345 x 242mm. A single leaf recovered from a binding, 30 lines, ruled space: 298 x 180mm. The text starting Matthew 13,52 (‘Similis est homini patri familias’) and ending in Matthew 14,35 ('in terram Genesar et cum cognovissent [...]’) (a binding fragment, stained and with clear folds where the boards and spine of the book would have been, tear and loss of text to lines 14-15 and line 30).
The present example of caroline script is uniform, disciplined and legible, exemplifying the new European calligraphic standard established by the monks of Corbie Abbey at the end of the 8th century. The letter ‘a’ has the uncial form, although written as a minuscule; the letter ‘e’ is closed with an extended horizontal stroke; the letter ‘t’ is short with a broad horizontal cross stroke; the letter ‘x’ has a curved descender. The ascenders of ‘b’, ‘d’, ‘h’ and ‘l’ are clubbed, while the letter ‘a’ seems to be consistently closed (indicating it is likely no earlier than the first half of the 9th century). The origin is likely to be Germany, and it bears close resemblance to Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14468, written in Regensburg in c.821.
A striking survival of a 9th-century manuscript recovered from a binding and a fine example of the clarity and elegant simplicity of caroline script.
345 x 242mm. A single leaf recovered from a binding, 30 lines, ruled space: 298 x 180mm. The text starting Matthew 13,52 (‘Similis est homini patri familias’) and ending in Matthew 14,35 ('in terram Genesar et cum cognovissent [...]’) (a binding fragment, stained and with clear folds where the boards and spine of the book would have been, tear and loss of text to lines 14-15 and line 30).
The present example of caroline script is uniform, disciplined and legible, exemplifying the new European calligraphic standard established by the monks of Corbie Abbey at the end of the 8th century. The letter ‘a’ has the uncial form, although written as a minuscule; the letter ‘e’ is closed with an extended horizontal stroke; the letter ‘t’ is short with a broad horizontal cross stroke; the letter ‘x’ has a curved descender. The ascenders of ‘b’, ‘d’, ‘h’ and ‘l’ are clubbed, while the letter ‘a’ seems to be consistently closed (indicating it is likely no earlier than the first half of the 9th century). The origin is likely to be Germany, and it bears close resemblance to Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14468, written in Regensburg in c.821.
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Robert Tyrwhitt