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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.
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