An open manuscript in a small Irish hand: on the left page, blocks of text with lines of verse in the lower half; on the right, a paragraph above a large grid of words in ruled squares
The Reichenau Primer (St. Paul im Lavanttal, Cod. 86b/1), fol. 1v and 2r, 9th century: Pangur Bán is written in the lower half of the left-hand page, after another short Irish poemUnknown scribe; photograph uploaded to English Wikipedia by Dbachmann, 9th century · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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