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Description: Lefthand side folio viii; righthand side folio 001r from an 11th century copy of the Liber pantegni The black circles are holes created by worms eating away at the parchment sometime during the nine and a half centuries since it was written This is the earliest known copy (prior to 1086) of the Liber pantegni, made at Monte Cassino under the supervision of Constantine the African It is dedicated to Abbot Desiderius of Monte Cassino (1027-1087), before he became Pope Victor III Folio 1r, middle of left column: Cum totius pater scientiae generalitas tres principales partes habeat [...] Read backgroud information in Dutch and in English
Title: Pantegni pars prima theorica (lib. I-X) - folios viii (left) and 001r (right)
Credit: This digital media file - and/or the physical objects depicted on it - originates from the digital and/or physical collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, national library of the Netherlands.
Author: Constantine the African (ca. 1010-1098/9)
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