![]() ![]() A third individual copied the remainder of the manuscript (f. The transition is marked by a “barred” capital “P” in the margin, contemporary and perhaps executed by the first hand. The first of these takes over in line 37 of f. Curiously, the two remaining hands in the volume used a Caroline Minuscule. 13v, line 36, includes such familiar Beneventan letter forms as the “a” that looks like “ac”, the enlarged “e” that looks like a “t” with a circle on top, and the “ti” ligature. ![]() ![]() The manuscript’s most notable feature, however, is the mix of scripts on its pages. Not a single decorative element is encountered in the manuscript and the parchment is of particularly poor quality: some folia contain pronounced follicle patterns, translucent patches or a yellow discoloration others contain cuts or gaps at the edge of the page. Thumbing through VLQ 1, however, quickly shows that this is not such a book. This monastery is known for its high-end illuminated manuscripts written in Beneventan script. It was made in or nearby the Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino in the late eleventh century. It belonged to a copy presented in several parts, but the others have all been lost, it seems (VLQ 1 contains the Preface and Acorus through Ficus maritima). The manuscript in question contains an alphabetized version of Dioscorides’ De materia medica. 1 seems to be the very embodiment of this unusual practice. Using two major book scripts to copy a single codex: in medieval manuscript culture this is far from routine. ![]()
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