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- Published / Created:
- [between 1025 and 1050]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 808
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (single leaf) of 1) Last article of an unrecorded Capitulary, probably from the beginning of the reign of emperor Louis the Pious (814-840). 2) Capitula adhuc conferenda, i.e. Memorandum for a Capitulary, ca. 819 (?).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by one hand writing Carolingian script., “Cap. XV” in art. 1 is written in Uncialis in red ink, and the opening letter V, in the same colour, is a 2-line initial. In art. 2 all the opening capitals (D, Q, S or U) are said to be likewise red, but their colour is hardly distinguishable from the colour of the text., and The fragment was perhaps the final leaf of a codex, which would explain the smudges and offsets visible on the verso.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Louis I, Emperor, 778-840.
- Subject (Topic):
- Franks, History, Legal documents, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Capitulary; Memorandum for a capitulary of Louis the Pious