Medieval fragments study collection, 11th-16th cent
- Language
- Latin. In Latin.
- Physical description
- 130 items.
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Call number | Note | Status |
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M0299 | In transit |
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Description
Contents/Summary
- Finding aid
- Finding aid available online
- Summary
- Primarily fragments, these specimens were acquired to demonstrate the development of writing in the western world. A variety of scripts are represented, from Carolingian minuscule to the humanistic hands and the "cancelleresca."
Subjects
- Local subject
- Paleography.
Bibliographic information
- Earliest date
- 1000
- Latest date
- 1599
- Referenced in
- Reported to: Bibliothèque Nationale pre-1600 manuscript census.
- Source
- Purchased, 1969 and 1978.
- Cumulative index or finding aid
- Finding aid available in Special Collections Reading Room and online.