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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979

Funding Totals

$17,644.00 (approved)
$17,644.00 (awarded)

A Comparative Study of the Scriptoria of Monte Cassino and Benevento

FAIN: FA-12378-78

Francis L. Newton
Duke University (Durham, NC 27705-4677)

To study and compare, in Italy, the surviving 11th century manuscript of Latin classics in the Southern Italian writing centers of Monte Cassino and Benevento, with particular attention to their script and decoration. A small volume of facsimiles of pages from Benevento manuscripts may result.