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The (Early) Lorsch scriptorium
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Pal. lat. 238 (= " Becker 37, 310 ") 1 Prosper ' (= Julia-
nas l'omerius) de Vita Contemplativa, in oblong quarto, foil. 74
but foil. 1-2 are merely paper, part of the modern binding)
(with ni ' nostri'). Initials are in black-red-yellow. The script
is quite unlike that of Pal. lat. 169, and (like that of Pal. lat.
245) much more suggestive of the predecessor of Lorsch 9th
cent, minuscule. After fol. 74, which is blank, are three leaves
of a Martyrology (on which see Stevenson's Catalogue).
Pal. lat. 245 (='« Becker 37, 222 ") Gregorii Moralia, in
quarto, foil. 179, by two scribes (1-92, 93-end) (with nri much
more often than ni 1 nostri '). Plates vi (of fol. 92v, i. e. the
end of Book II and of the eleventh quire) and vii (of fol. 93r)
shew the older and the newer phases of the script. A cor-
rector has revised the spelling, altering, e. g. iuquoal to inchoat
(17r, 22v), cogitationebus to -tdus, ■possedimtis to possidemus, su-
bolis to subo/es, capud to caput, vagasse to vacasse, and (through-
out) q; (i. e. que) to quae. The 2-symbol of ur in the third
last line of pi. vii (penetratz^') is due to him, The scribe
used the apostrophe-symbol.
Pal. lat. 966 Gregory of Tours, and the Annales Naza-
riani, in oblong quarto, foil. 59 (with nri 1 nostri '). The script
of the Annales Nazariani (foil- 53v-59), contemporary, if not
identical, with that of the Gregory, can be dated at 791 (see
pi. 28 of Ehrle and Liebaert ' Specimina ') and plate II of
Mon. Germ. Hist. SS. I 21). The margins of foil. 30"-31r,
42v-43r shew a different, but contemporary, hand.
Pal. lat. 1547 (= 11 Becker 37, 381 '*) Seneca de Benefkiis
et de dementia, in octavo or small oblong quarto, foil. 148,
by many scribes (with nri 1 nostri '). A new scribe begins at
fol. 115r and with him, a new quire-numbering (122v . i. ,
130v . ii . , 138" . in. , 148v . mi.). The script (see pi. 168 of
Chatelain Pal. CI. Lat.) often recalls that of Pal lat. 169. A
full account of this, the chief MS. for this portion of Seneca,
will be found in the preface to Hosius' small Teubner text
(1900). Neither in it nor in the other eighth-century MSS. in
my list is the 1 ti '-ligature used to indicate difference of pro-
nunciation How the ligature puzzled later readers may be
seen from the corrections (see the plate of Chatelain) made
for a subsequent (eleventh century?) transcription.
29
Pal. lat. 238 (= " Becker 37, 310 ") 1 Prosper ' (= Julia-
nas l'omerius) de Vita Contemplativa, in oblong quarto, foil. 74
but foil. 1-2 are merely paper, part of the modern binding)
(with ni ' nostri'). Initials are in black-red-yellow. The script
is quite unlike that of Pal. lat. 169, and (like that of Pal. lat.
245) much more suggestive of the predecessor of Lorsch 9th
cent, minuscule. After fol. 74, which is blank, are three leaves
of a Martyrology (on which see Stevenson's Catalogue).
Pal. lat. 245 (='« Becker 37, 222 ") Gregorii Moralia, in
quarto, foil. 179, by two scribes (1-92, 93-end) (with nri much
more often than ni 1 nostri '). Plates vi (of fol. 92v, i. e. the
end of Book II and of the eleventh quire) and vii (of fol. 93r)
shew the older and the newer phases of the script. A cor-
rector has revised the spelling, altering, e. g. iuquoal to inchoat
(17r, 22v), cogitationebus to -tdus, ■possedimtis to possidemus, su-
bolis to subo/es, capud to caput, vagasse to vacasse, and (through-
out) q; (i. e. que) to quae. The 2-symbol of ur in the third
last line of pi. vii (penetratz^') is due to him, The scribe
used the apostrophe-symbol.
Pal. lat. 966 Gregory of Tours, and the Annales Naza-
riani, in oblong quarto, foil. 59 (with nri 1 nostri '). The script
of the Annales Nazariani (foil- 53v-59), contemporary, if not
identical, with that of the Gregory, can be dated at 791 (see
pi. 28 of Ehrle and Liebaert ' Specimina ') and plate II of
Mon. Germ. Hist. SS. I 21). The margins of foil. 30"-31r,
42v-43r shew a different, but contemporary, hand.
Pal. lat. 1547 (= 11 Becker 37, 381 '*) Seneca de Benefkiis
et de dementia, in octavo or small oblong quarto, foil. 148,
by many scribes (with nri 1 nostri '). A new scribe begins at
fol. 115r and with him, a new quire-numbering (122v . i. ,
130v . ii . , 138" . in. , 148v . mi.). The script (see pi. 168 of
Chatelain Pal. CI. Lat.) often recalls that of Pal lat. 169. A
full account of this, the chief MS. for this portion of Seneca,
will be found in the preface to Hosius' small Teubner text
(1900). Neither in it nor in the other eighth-century MSS. in
my list is the 1 ti '-ligature used to indicate difference of pro-
nunciation How the ligature puzzled later readers may be
seen from the corrections (see the plate of Chatelain) made
for a subsequent (eleventh century?) transcription.