A Hurried Marginalium from the Lenten Triodion, with neumes
Working through the Lenten Triodion, with neumes in the present quarter, Br. Damianus encountered at f. lxvi r a marginal note left by an earlier hand. The note is here transcribed and briefly discussed; further investigation is welcomed but not, on present resources, planned.
The present marginalium is unusual chiefly for its self-awareness; the scribe knows that what is written here will be read by another scribe, who is the chief audience for such asides. The reader at home is at best a third party.
The hand here is upright minuscule of the eleventh-century convention, with the characteristic narrow ligated st and the slightly hooked sigma terminal. The ink, examined under low magnification, shows a slight gritty texture consistent with insufficient grinding; we infer either a freshly-cut calamus or a colder than usual brazier, with the corrector preferring the latter.
Notes
- We have declined to date the second hand on present evidence.
- All folio numberings follow our internal census; the imperial census differs.
Other Hands
Annotations by other scribes, in the order in which they were entered into the margins.