Identifier:

1/XII/FRA/2.

Scope and content:

ff. 1-2v: //consistes egre nee cicius quam . . . usque ad aequalitatis contentionem// f. 1v: //et excitata leticia cum in Avieno . . . tunc Eustachius: quid agis// [Sat. 2.7.9-12, 2.8.1-5: ed. J. Willis (Leipzig 1963) 154.12-155.17, 156.20-157.19]; f. 2: //enim de nihilo est. Quod cum Delon . . . Velius Longus, immutatio est epit[heti]// f. 2v://[Roma]no sacro causam dedit . . . iubet et sublata reponi// [Sat. 3.6.1-6, 3.6.11-16: ed. Willis, 176.14-177.9, 178.13-179.12].

Acquisition information:

Written in northern France. Damaged by water. Apparently used for binding.

Physical description:

Parchment, bottom of 1 incomplete bifolium; f. 1, 76 cropped × 120 (65 cropped × 94) mm., 11 long lines survive; f. 2, 76 cropped × 45 cropped (65 cropped × 35 cropped) mm., 11 mutilated long lines survive; estimated original number of lines 25-27. It is difficult to envision the position of the bifolium in a quire: correctly folded it shows flesh-side outside, and the lacuna between f. 1v and f. 2r probably corresponds to at least 10 written folios. This suggests either that the original gathering was of 12 folios (with fleshside outside) or more, an unusual practice in that century; or that the text of Macrobius in this codex was incomplete (excerpts?). Single bounding lines; drypoint ruling. Small current Caroline script, showing many abbreviations, often of insular type; the curled shape of the abbreviation mark for omitted m and contractions is noticeable; has a long open tail; Greek words in small mixed majuscule; brown ink. On f. 1v contemporary marginalia.

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