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| While some of the letters are of unusual form, decoding the text is made more difficult by the extensive use of ligatures, which produces different forms again. |
| Homilies of St Maximus of Turin , 7th century (Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, C.98, parte inferiore, f.89). All images from Steffens 1929, Plate 25. |
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