In Latin., Script: copied by two hands in small late Carolingian script: hand A copied ff. 1r-59v; hand B copied ff. 61r-103r. Art. 5 has been added on a blank page by a 13th cent. hand, writing in Gothic documentary cursive script., Decoration: red headings in larger script, in Uncialis/Capitalis or Carolingian minuscule; red 1-line versals; 2- or 3-line plain red initials., and Binding: 16th century brown leather over cardboard; both covers are blindtooled with frames of triple fillets, decorated with two rolls; spine undecorated, with label โ203โ.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Augustine's In Iohannis evangelium tractatus
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline script, similar to that written at Schaffhausen in manuscripts dated around 1100., and Decoration: inelegant 9-line initial "D" on the verso in rough gold with silver bands, outlined in red and with red in the center; the initial is on an orange, green, and blue ground. In the middle of the initial there is an eagle in gold and silver, with red dots, which holds a vine with flowers in his beak; 1-line initials in brown rustic capitals; scribal guidewords preserved in margin; heading written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.