Folio 128 verso, the final leaf of the Moore Bede. The texts on the lower part of the page were written by a Carolingian scribe, whose hand, Bernhard Bischoff thought, was very similar to those that had worked on manuscripts linked to Charlemagne’s court, c. 800 (e.g.: British Library, MS Harley 2788). This suggests that the manuscript had left Anglo-Saxon England before the end of the eighth century....(Joanna Story's introduction to the Cambridge University Library digital facsimile of the manuscript.)
The Moore Bede (Cambridge MS Kk.5.16) was written by a single scribe in insular minuscule, possibly at Wearmouth or Jarrow, in long lines and without word breaks. It is the earliest extant copy of Bede's history, and may have been copied within a few years of Bede's death, possibly as early as 737.
"It is usually called the Moore Bede because, prior to entering the collections of the University of Cambridge in 1715 as a gift from George I, it had been owned by John Moore, bishop of Ely (1707–1714). Moore had acquired it sometime between 1697 and 1702, and before that it had been in France, in the library of the cathedral of St. Julien at Le Mans. The ex libris of St. Julien can be seen at the foot of the last complete folio (128v). Other evidence on that same page shows that the manuscript had been in France for a very long time, perhaps even since the reign of Charlemagne (r. 768–814). The travels of the book, as well as its very early date and proximity to the life of Bede himself, make it one of the most important surviving medieval English manuscripts...." (Joanna Story, Introduction to University of Cambridge Digital Facsimile of this manuscript at this link.)
Folio 128 verso, the final leaf of the Moore Bede. The texts on the lower part of the page were written by a Carolingian scribe, whose hand, Bernhard Bischoff thought, was very similar to those that had worked on manuscripts linked to Charlemagne’s court, c. 800 (e.g.: British Library, MS Harley 2788). This suggests that the manuscript had left Anglo-Saxon England before the end of the eighth century....(Joanna Story's introduction to the Cambridge University Library digital facsimile of the manuscript.)
