Series of ultra-violet photographs designed to reveal the underwriting on Adv.MS.18.7.8: Palimpsest, made up of at least five English manuscripts of the 8th to 11th centuries., 8th century-early 11th century.
File
Identifier: MS.8494, folios 1-16
Scope and Contents
In some cases the underwriting has been identified: folios 9+16 and folios 19+22 are fragments of 8th-century copies of Augustine's ‘De Trinitate’ and the ‘Passio S. Laurentii’. Folio 30 recto is part of a service book, possibly a missal, of the early 11th century. Folios 26+33 is a fragment of a copy of Gregory the Great's ‘Homiliae in Evangelia’, of the 8th century.
Dates
- Creation: 8th century-early 11th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
16 Leaves
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Custodial History
The photographs were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1952, Oxford University Press.
Bibliography
See 'A palimpsest in the National Library of Scotland' by N R Ker, in ‘Transactions of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society’, volume iii (1948-1955), pages 171-178 (also included in ‘Books, collectors and libraries’, edited by A G Watson (London, 1985) pages 121-130), and E A Lowe, ‘Codices Latini antiquiores’, Supplement (Oxford, 1971).
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk