| Description | Two fragments of leaves from a copy of De Libero Arbitrio (On Free Choice of Will) by St Augustine. Both are from Book 3 although not from the same leaf. Fragment A is the bottom-left corner of a folio, there is text missing above and to the right. Fragment B is the bottom-left corner of a bifolium, there is text missing above and to the right.
Main body text in a sloping minuscule script, possibly Germanic? Noteworthy features include two forms of a, one of which is written cc, plus the open form of g and frequent use of "&" as an abbreviation for "et" within words. Written in dark brown in a single column. The script is untidy and inconsistent, particularly on fragment A, and appears to be the work of several scribes.
Fragment A (the smaller fragment) begins at Book 3.4 "...qui[d] quam deo posset peccatum [eus quem bonum] ipse fecit. immo inquo faciendo bonitatem...". The verso has text from Book 3.5.
Fragment B is the lower third of a bifolium which has been cut along one side so that half the width of the text has been lost from one folio but the whole width of the text remains on the other folio. The text begins at Book 3.6 on f.1r, which is the cut portion. "nonne igitur caves ne" is visible as the top line. The error "statiunt" has been corrected to "statuit" at line 9. On f.1v the first visible text is from Book 3.7 "...quam ipsa voluntas est.". Folio 2r begins at Book 3.8 "[necessita]tae id me velle fatendum est. O stulticiam singulare quomodo ergo non potest..." and f.2v starts with "...non erit ergo et potestatis est prescius.".
There are two small annotations on fragment B, f.2r, one in ink perpendicular to the main text which may be a reference mark, and a pencil "m9" beside it. |
| CustodialHistory | Found separated from the bulk of the collection, stored in a box with MS/FRAG/LAT/70-73. |