Medieval fragments study collection, 11th-16th cent

Language: Latin. In Latin.
Physical description: 130 items.

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Items in Manuscript Collection
Call number	Note	Status
M0299		In transit

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.

Librarian view | Collection PURL | Catkey: 4083219