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357:, which are written in double columns. Capitals are decorated in a simple style, with some letters having been interwoven with zoomorphic patterns and coloured in red, vermilion, yellow and blue. There are two drawings, a flower-like diagram on p. 121 and a drawing of the Crucifixion on p. 166.
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has been able to reconstruct the time span in which certain sections were written. For instance, it took the scribe about 6 weeks to write 35 pages (pp. 141–175), while some parts proved more challenging, such as a column for a poem with interlinear glosses, which cost him a day.
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Murchadh Ă“ Cuindlis jotted into the margins afford us a unique glimpse of the circumstances of the writing process. These range from everyday details like a cat straying about or a robin singing in a beautiful voice to a nearby pillage in
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Ireland and Europe in the early Middle Ages. Texts and transmission / Irland und Europa im frĂĽheren
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