Newberry Library, VAULT oversize box Case MS Fragment 15

Metadata

DS ID:

DS18295

Shelfmark:

VAULT oversize box Case MS Fragment 15

Title:

Insular copy of Alcuin's letters to Charlemagne

Letters of Alcuin

Author:

Alcuin, 735-804

Alcuin WIKIDATA

Date:

between 920 and 950?

tenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 leaves : parchment ; 16 x 7 cm

Note:

Manuscript fragment.
Title devised by cataloger.
Portions of a 10th century copy of three letters by Alcuin to Charlemagne.
Listed in Masi with title: Theological tract.
Used at one time as a part of a binding.
Origin: Probably written in England (or on the continent by an insular scribe) between 920 and 950.
Script: Written in Anglo-Saxon square minuscule.

Keyword:

Manuscript waste

minuscule

fragments (object portions)

Correspondence

Insular scripts

manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814

Theology

Early works

Alcuin, 735-804. Correspondence

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma9911452168805867

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library