two syllables, one consonant going with one syllable and the other with
the following, except when the group contains more than two successive
consonants, in which case the first consonant goes with the first
syllable, the rest with the following syllable. That the scribe is
controlled by this mechanical rule and not by considerations of
pronunciation is obvious from the division SAN|CTISSIMUM and other
examples found below. The method followed by him is made amply clear
by the examples which occur in our twelve pages:[13]

fo. 48r, line 1, con-suleret
2, sescen-ties
3, ex-ta
7, fal-si

fo. 49v, line 3, spu-rinnam
5, senesce-re
7, distin-ctius
12, se-nibus
13, con-ueniunt
15, spurin-na
18, circum-agit
20, mi-lia
24, prae-sentibus
25, grauan-tur

fo. 50r, line 1, singu-laris
4, an-tiquitatis
5, au-dias
9, ite-rum
11, scri-bit