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LOEW, E.A. The Beneventan Script. A History of the South Italian Minuscule
0. Oxford, 1999 (rp. of 1914 ed.); xx, 384 [2] pp; illustrated with 11 facsimilies; pulb. hard-back binding; dustwrapper; mint condition. "A classic study in regional palaeography, Loew's essay..traces the development and decline of the script that originated in the scriptorium of the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino in the fifth century". A History of the South Italian Minuscule A classic study in regional palaeography, Loew"s essay traces the development and decline of the script that originated in the Benedictine scriptorium of "the mother-house of occidental monasticism, Monte Cassino in the fifth century. Working almost entirely from original sources, Loew studies the script, the milieu of its development, the books written in it and the prominent centres and individuals engaged in the copying of manuscripts over 500 years. The book includes chapters on the abbreviations and punctuation marks used in the script which are pa rticularly valuable in accessing the content of manuscripts and dating them; literary evidence in the form of excerpts from contemporary writings; and an appendix listing over 600 Benevantan manuscrip ts. Reprint of the first edition of 1914 [sp].
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