Newberry Library, VAULT oversize box Case MS Fragment 2

Metadata

DS ID:

DS18304

Shelfmark:

VAULT oversize box Case MS Fragment 2

Title:

Excerpta ex patribus

Patristic text

Place:

Burgundy?, France

Burgundy TGN

France TGN

Date:

between 780 and 820

eighth century (dates CE) AAT

ninth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 leaves : parchment ; 54 x 177 mm and 54 x 181 mm

Note:

Manuscript fragments.
Title from Bischoff.
Layout: Written in long lines, possibly from a page written in double columns; ruled in dry-point; prickings.
Script: Written in Carolingian minuscule. "Script is a curious minuscule noteworthy for the frequent use of uncial R (even in the same word with minuscule r): a has two forms, the open a predominating; e often has a forestroke; g resembles Arabic 3; i-longa occurs initially and goes below the line."--Earlier Latin Manuscripts.
Origin: Written in France, probably between 780 and 820.

Keyword:

Early works

minuscule

Caroline minuscule

fragments (object portions)

Quotations

manuscripts (documents)

Christian literature, Early

Fathers of the church

Theology

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma9911523682205867

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library