| Description | Leaf from a liturgical text, probably a Bible, parchment. Text in brown in a single column in a Caroline minuscule hand. Rubric and large initial 'P' on the verso in a uncial script, probably originally red but now discoloured to orange and purple. The leaf has been cut on all sides, there are approximately 3 lines of text missing from the bottom.
The text is from Ecclesiasticus, beginning at Chapter 17:30-31 followed by 18:1-18 on the on the recto, continuing with 18:21-30 and Chapter 19:1-3 on the verso. The rubric on the verso introduces Chapter 18 verse 30, "De continentia animae". There are several small textual difference between this manuscript and the modern Latin vulgate, for example 18:31 "inimicis tuis venire", 18:32 "nec in modicis delectis" and 18:33 "tuae animae".
This MS is notable for its examples of medieval liturgical punctuation, elements of which may have been added or amended at a later date. The original scribe uses the punctus and positura rather than the later punctus versus, although there are many examples of the punctus elevatus. There is one punctus versus on the verso which may be a later addition. There are several instances of the punctus interrogativus on the recto, some of these may also have been added later. A double virgula suspensiva or paraph has been added above "operarius" (verso line 20) to indicate more clearly the beginning of Chapter 19.
The text is written in a scriptura continua and separation of words in the text is not consistent. There are several examples where strokes have been added to denote spaces underneath words that run into each other, e.g. verso line 18 "Ad duas". It also appears that some punctuation has been altered or removed on the verso. There are erasures at lines 9, 12, 19, 21, 22 and 24 in spaces between words.
There is a pencil annotation "Eccl17.1-18.4" at the top of the recto and a pencil annotation "iHX" at the top of the verso, both modern. There is an annotation in ink, "A.34.", at the top of the verso, and an annotation at the bottom of the verso in a 15th century(?) hand, heavily abbreviated. |