What is it about?
The transmission of mediaeval manuscripts from Mainz is weak, and therefore the rare fragments found in the Mainz libraries have an outstanding value as documents of the early manuscript culture. It has to be announced a new Carolingian fragment from the early 9th century in Mainz Stadtbibliothek containing Jerome’s Commentary on Matthew. Considering its importance, the waste paper was taken off the book it has covered and integrated into the new collection of fragments. Such a far-reaching decision should be taken only in exceptional cases like this.
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Why is it important?
Because of the weak transmission of the early manuscript culture in Mainz (Carolingian period)
Perspectives
Bedeutung der Wissenschaftlichen Stadtbibliothek Mainz als Bewahrerin des kulturellen Erbes; Methodische Überlegungen zum Umgang mit Fragmenten in Bibliotheken
Annelen Ottermann
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This page is a summary of: Aus der Frühzeit der Mainzer Skriptorien: Ein unbekanntes karolingisches Handschriftenfragment (Mainz, Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek, Hs frag 20), BIBLIOTHEK Forschung und Praxis, January 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/bfp-2017-0004.
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