A new fragment of a ninth-century English bible
Michelle Brown
The fragment in question consists of the remains a bifolium, now complete single leaf with an irregular stub carrying ends three lines script at its head. text is Judges v .5–6, vi .6 and x .7 to xi .26. It undecorated, but written highly accomplished Insular cursive minuscule Phase ii . fragment, hitherto unpublished, importance as relict what may have been bible Southumbria during first half ninth century which on stylistic grounds evidently belongs so-called ‘Canterbury’ or ‘Tiberius’ group manuscripts. This has played prominent often controversial role evaluation contribution history Anglo-Saxon manuscript production.
Anglo-Saxon England