The Monte Cassino Digitorium

MC 15, Augustinius, Contra Faustum et Felicem, p. 339

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(Newton, 1999, p. 350)

Shelfmark: MC 15 (Monte Cassino 15); "Augustinum contra Faustrum"

Author: Augustinius

Title: Contra Faustum et Felicem

Language(s): Latin

Country: Italy

City: Monte Cassino

Type: Codex

Dimensions: 330 x 250 mm, 368 pages with 34 lines

Date: 1058-1087 CE

Holding Institution: Monte Cassino Library

Notes on script: Written in delicately executed Cassinese script with headings in fine red Beneventan. Characteristic of Fine Script. The capitals are small. Gatherings of eight, hair side out. Top three horizontal lines, the three bottom ones, and the two middle ones extending to the edge. Top three horizontal lines, the three bottom ones, and the two middle ones extending to the edge.

Notes on decoration: Large initials (nine ruled high), hollow with all limbs ending in foliage, in black ink without color. Small solid initials, in red with pearls and simple curly ends.