The Monte Cassino Digitorium

MC 465, Iohannes Diaconus, Vita Sancti Gregorii Papae

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(Newton, 1999, p. 380)

Shelfmark: MC 465 (Monte Cassino 465)

Author: Iohannes Diaconus

Title: Vita Sancti Gregorii Papae

Language(s): Latin

Country: Italy

City: Monte Cassino

Type: Codex

Dimensions: 315 x 200mm, 322 pages with 30 lines

Date: 1087-1105 CE

Holding Institution: Monte Cassino Library

Notes on script: Written in Cassinese script with a backhand slant and is broad and stubby. The scribe uses the Old Angle exclusively. Beneventan headings headings in orange. Ruling on flesh sides, only the top two horizontal lines extending to edge.

Notes on decoration: Grand initial at 13 lines high is brown (originally black).