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Offline Blotbot

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Hey! The Magna Carta is in town!
« on: November 06, 2014, 12:45:56 PM »
Forget about all that constitutional law gooble-de-gook, what can you tell me about the hand?  A bit hard to see in the photo.   I guess this copy was make in about 1220 AD?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/11/06/library-of-congress-shows-how-magna-carta-became-a-touchstone-of-constitutional-law/
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Re: Hey! The Magna Carta is in town!
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2014, 02:20:28 PM »
It probably was the Caroline minuscule... But I forgot most of my paleography lessons...
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