Folio: The Eunuch

1937.06.0001B

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Artifact Identification Folio: The Eunuch   (1937.06.0001B)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Literary Works
Artist/Maker Terence
Geographic Location
Period Medieval
Date 10th century
Culture French

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 26.50 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 18.50 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 12 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Animal--Mammal, Pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Writing

Research Remarks

Description

Folio, brown Latin text on vellum, 26.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Some glosses in Latin. Character names stricken through with red. Script is a Carolingian style. Badly curled edge.

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Clememt, Richard W. & Friedman, John B. Research Notes: Resources for Scholars: Medieval Manuscripts in Two Illinois Libraries (70-76). The Library Quarterly. 1987.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Classical Museum Purchase
Reproduction no

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