Manuscript fragment. Title devised by cataloger. Fragment featuring portions of three prefaces to 1 Corinthians removed from perhaps a large Carolingian copy of the Theodulf Bible; text begins "et sitimus et nudi sumus ... habeat et mulier sui corporis ... faceret et qui diu currunt ... De spiritalibus et quia ..." and continues on verso "nolite pueri effici sensibus . de pr[imo] ... D[omi]n[o] gloriet[ur]. In Esaia ..." Consult: Steinova... Incorrectly identified in Masi as "Sermon" and in Bischoff as "Excerpta biblica(?)". Layout: Written in double columns; ruled in dry point; prickings in margin. Script: Written Caroline minuscule. Origin: Written in Northern France between 825 and 925 perhaps at the abbey of St. Vaast in Arras or Jumièges Abbey given the inscription locating the fragment at one time in Haspres. At one time folded horizontally and used as a document wrapper. Manuscript note on recto in later hand: Déclaration des censes et rentes des fiefs appartenant à 1332[?], Déclaration des censes et rentes des fiefs appartenant Haspres.
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