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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30522

Shelfmark:

ege-39

Title:

Ege leaf 39: History of Rome, Italy, 1400s

History of Rome

Author:

Livy

Titus Livius WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1400s

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 22 cm x 15.5 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: humanistic
Decoration: rules (layout features); long-line format;
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 39. VELLUM LEAF FROM A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
ITALY
Middle XVth Century
Latin Text
Humanistic Script
Livy's History of Rome
(T
Livii ab Urbe Condita Libri)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
The known part of Livy's great life work, the History of Rome, was completed about the year 9 A.D. The finished work consisted of one hundred and forty-two books, of which only thirty-five are extant
These books are regarded as one of the most precious remains of Latin literature
One of the outstanding characteristics of the scholars and scribes of the Italian Renaissance was their great interest in Latin literature
Through their influence, many copies of the classics were made from the few IXth and Xth century manuscripts available
These earlier manuscripts had been written in a carolingian or pre-gothic script to which the XVth century humanistic calligraphers assigned the name antiqua littera
The letters were not really of antiquity, since minuscule letters were not known before the time of Charlemagne
In the XVth century, this carolingian script became the inspiration not only for manuscripts like this leaf, but also, shortly thereafter, for the fine roman types designed by the printers in Italy.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

History

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/147

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:147/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University