E. A. Loew
Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), 1999 (reprint of 1914 edition).
cloth, dj. SB10772
Book Number 21617
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 particularly 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 manuscripts.