(Newton, 1999, p. 388-389)

Shelfmark: Vat. lat. 3340 (Vaticani latini 3340)

Author: Orosius

Title: Historiae adversus Paganos

Language(s): Latin

Country: Italy

City: Monte Cassino

Type: Codex

Dimensions: 400 x 270 mm, 95 leaves with 28 lines

Date: 1058-1087 CE

Holding Institution: The Vatican Library

Notes on script: The script is broken in the Monte Cassino tradition. It has the Old Angle and often the crescent stroke. There is a decided tendency for the Caroline form of a to be used at the beginning of words. Ruling flesh side, each bifolium separately, top and bottom horizontal line to edge.

Notes on decoration: Original illustrations in the bottom and side margins in the same ink as the text; the drawings are labeled in the hand of the text scribe.

History: Written in Italy, the Abbey of Monte Cassino in the time of Desiderius