Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105
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| Year of Publication |
1999
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English
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| Number of Pages |
421 pp.
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| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| City |
Cambridge, England
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| ISBN |
9780521583954
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| Annotation |
Examines a monastery in Cassino, Italy.
Contents:
The abbots and the scriptorium at Monte Cassino
Background: the Cassinese scriptorium under Abbot Theobald and the master scribe Grimoald
The development of the canonical Cassinese style of Beneventan display manuscripts
Common manuscripts of the Scriptorium, part I: patristic and medieval texts
Common manuscripts of the Scriptorium, part II: classical texts
Practices of the scriptorium
Gifts and other holdings of the library
Books, texts, and a bibliophile abbot
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