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| Note that although the words run together within each line, individual words do not run over the ends of thenlines, and the lines are not crowded. The distribution of words is set out as a guide to reading aloud, with pauses at the end of each line for sense, a system referred to as per cola et commata. One superscript correction is visible in this section of text. | |
| Italian gospel, 6th century (British Library, Harley 1775, f.195). All images by permission of the British Library. | |
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