Orosius, Historiarum adversum paganos libri vii
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General Information
Written in a continental form of Caroline minuscule from the 10th century. Minims have no elaborated feet, the bowl of a, which is often triangular, is rather large; straight-backed d is used mostly, although rare instances of Uncial d are found in the preposition ‘ad’ on FMS/2 recto (line 8) and verso (line 8); 2-shapred r used after o; ampersand favoured, but Tironian nota also seen (FMS/2a recto, line 34).
Red rustic capitals used for explicit and incipit on FMS/2 recto.
Original Condition
Current Condition
Page size, 307 x 55/58 mm (FMS/2), 308 x 57/64 mm (FMS/2a); writtern area, 234 x 57 mm (FMS/2), 234 x 30/40 mm (FMS/2a).
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
FMS/2 recto has part of an initial S, 15 lines high with floral decorations in a variety of colours against a purple background.
Content
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Content Item
- Persons Orosius
- Text Language Latin
- Title Historiarum aduersum paganos libri vii
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- Edition CPL 0571
Bibliography
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N.R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. 2, p. 845.