Medieval Manuscript Fragments
 

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priscian_b1f02

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Date Information

circa 950-1000

Original Collection

Priscian Fragment Collection. Archives and Special Collections. University of Mississippi.

Original Format

vellum (parchment); manuscripts (documents)

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Relational Format

archival material

Comments

Text in Latin. Written in a bold Carolingian minuscule during the second half of the 10th century, probably in Germany. The right margin has been cut away, with a loss of text. This fragment contains quotations from Virgil, Horace, Lucanus, Lucilius, and Persius.

Fragment. Priscian's Institutes

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