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| Note that while the words are separated, certain small words like de, in and ad run into the following word. There is an interesting assortment of punctuation marks consisting of different combinations of dots and slashes, themselves arranged in sequences, presumably coding for very precise reading aloud. |
| Ramsay Psalter (British Library, Harley 2904, f.181), late 10th century. All images by permission of the British Library. These images are made available by the british Library under a Creative Commons agreement. |
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