The quest for Anchiton

[MarcoP]

BNF Lat 12155 contains Jerome's Commentary on Ezekiel. It was written in the second half of the VIII Century at the Saint-Pierre de Corbie Abbey. The not-too-friendly script is described as Minuscule "ab" de Corbie: "a" resembles an "u" or an "ie" ligature; "o" looks like an uncial "d"; "r" looks like "s" (see "arserit"); "t" sometimes has a loop on the left, other times ("et") it looks like a Greek gamma.

The "wood" here is called "amia'ton", where the apostrophe appears to be a "macron" corresponding to the missing "n". The passage is at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..