This 9th-century manuscript consists of a collection of 66 letters
by Alcuin of York (d. 804). Its contents are similar to those of St
Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 271.Contents: ff. 1v-80v: Alcuin,
Epistulae (Letters).A collection of 66 letters, preceded by
capitula (ff. 1v-2v), beginning with an epistle to Æthelhard (d.
805), bishop of Canterbury: 'Pio patri et sanctae sedis praesulli
Aedilhardo archiepiscopo humilis levita Albinus salute. Audiens
vestrae salutationis verba dulcissima et prosperitatis vestrae
sanitatem multis per necessariam'; ending with an epistle addressed
to his Anglo-Saxon friends for recommending Fordrad, a priest (ff.
80r-v): 'Fraternae dilectionis amicis per diversas nominum
dignitates Albinus conservus in Christo vester salutem'; ends: 'Qui
est via vita et veritas vobis viam vestrae salutis ostendere et
veritatem aeternae gloriae tribuere et beatissimam vitam concedere
dignetur'. The manuscript contains a later addition:f. 1r: a
10th-century extract from a charter whereby Megenhardus conveys
land at Vinciacum (La Cense de Vinci, in Crèvecoeur, near Cambrai)
and property in Idelcinae (?), Caraciniacum [Crecy?], and elsewhere
to Lantarius, Adhal[mus], Odgrimus, Ostemannus, and Maginbertus
(?). The witnesses include Sefredus, Herebertus, Fulchardus; partly
related to the use of the altar of Saint-Omer. Decoration: Rubric
and numbers in red (ff. 1v, 2v). Numbers in red. Rubrics in uncial.
