Institutio Grammatica (fragment).

Description

Title: Institutio Grammatica (fragment).
Creator: Priscian, active approximately 500-530
Published / Created: [between 1050 and 1099]
Publication Place: Western Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Priscian's Institutio Grammatica including portions of Books VII and VIII
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Carolina minuscule.
Decoration: 2-line initials "S" in brown; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; one "L" has a hollow shaft that is filled with brown cross strokes; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus versus.
Provenance: Three other leaves of the same manuscript are preserved as Lambach, Stiftsbibliothek, Fragment 12; the Beinecke leaves were used in the binding of another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 195 x 147 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Priscian, active approximately 500-530.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Priscian, active approximately 500-530
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Priscian, Institutio Grammatica (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.