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| The script of the rubric heading could be described as a rather untidy uncial, but note that the capital letter T (as in PATRICII in the first line or INCIPIT at the beginning of the second) has a loop on its back, similar to the minuscule letter in the main text. |
| Responsiones of Pope Gregory from an 8th century codex of religious writings (Cologne Cathedral Library, MS XCI, f.57b). Images from The New Palaeographical Society, 1905, Plate 57. |
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