The scriptorium and library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105 /

The scriptorium and library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Newton, Francis.
Imprint:Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description:xxvi, 421 p., iv, 212 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in palaeography and codicology 7
Subject:
Montecassino (Monastery) -- Library -- History.
Montecassino (Monastery)
Scriptoria -- Italy -- Cassino -- History.
Paleography -- Italy -- Cassino.
Writing, Minuscule.
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Italy -- Cassino -- History.
Monastic libraries -- Italy -- Cassino -- History.
Libraries.
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Monastic libraries.
Paleography.
Scriptoria.
Writing, Minuscule.
Italy -- Cassino.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3814276
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ISBN:0521583950 (hb)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-404) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The abbots and the scriptorium at Monte Cassino
  • 2. Background: the Cassinese scriptorium under Abbot Theobald and the master scribe Grimoald
  • 3. The development of the canonical Cassinese style of Beneventan display manuscripts
  • 4. Common manuscripts of the Scriptorium, part I: patristic and medieval texts
  • 5. Common manuscripts of the Scriptorium, part II: classical texts
  • 6. Practices of the scriptorium
  • 7. Gifts and other holdings of the library
  • 8. Books, texts, and a bibliophile abbot

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