LINES ruled with a hard point (p. [343]). The letters appear to have been written between every alternate pair (p. [299]), but slightly over the line.
A very handsome writing which might still be used for special MSS. (see pp. [304], [300], [299]).
[PLATE IV.]—Uncial Writing, probably Italian Sixth or Seventh Century. (Latin Gospels). Brit. Museum, Harl. MS. 1775.
(Shown in Brit. Mus. Department of MSS., Case G, No. 11.)
THE VOLUME contains 468 leaves (7 inches by 434 inches).
MARGINS, Approx.: Inner 58 inch, Head 78 inch, Side 98 inch, Foot 88 inch. (They may have been cut down by the binder.)
WRITING.—A fine round Uncial MS. (pp. [38], [302]), arranged in long and short lines.
Note.—On many of the letters there are fine hair-line curved tails and flourishes, which are scarcely visible in the photograph. (These tails were also used in the earlier Uncial shown in fig. [5]—see also Addenda, p. [23].)
SECTIONS.—Marked by built-up letters of an Uncial type, and numbered, mR cxxiiii to mR cxxvi (with references to “Harmonies”). The passage is S. Mark xi. 21–25. [p413]