The scriptorium and library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105
One of the most distinctive and handsome hand-written book scripts is that of the abbey of Monte Cassino in its classic form. This study shows how the scribes of the late eleventh century developed their style of handwriting and thoroughly investigates and illustrates its rules and conventions.
Print Book, English, 1998
Cambridge University Press, New York, 1998
History
pages cm
9780521583954, 0521583950, 0521583950
502218984
1. The abbots and the scriptorium at Monte Cassino; 2. Background: the Cassinese scriptorium under Abbot Theobald and the master scribe Grimoald; 3. The development of the canonical Cassinese style of Beneventan display manuscripts; 4. Common manuscripts of the Scriptorium, part I: patristic and medieval texts; 5. Common manuscripts of the Scriptorium, part II: classical texts; 6. Practices of the scriptorium; 7. Gifts and other holdings of the library; 8. Books, texts, and a bibliophile abbot.