Catalogue of the Most Ancient Manuscripts of the Biblioteca Giovardiana of Veroli

In July 1996 a catalogue was published of the most ancient manuscripts of the Biblioteca Giovardiana di Veroli (near Frosinone, Italy).
It was the work of the Dipartimento di Filologia e Storia and of the Scuola di specializzazione per conservatori di beni archivistici e librari della civiltà monastica at the University of Cassino, after an assignment by Regione Lazio. In the catalogue, 37 manuscripts are described - two of them in Greek script - written mostly before the XVII century. Some sketchy indications about them can be found in the 34th volume of Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d’Italia (Inventory of manuscripts in Italian libraries) by Camillo Scaccia Scarafoni.
The description file, elaborated on this occasion, has three fixed sections and one that can be modulated according to the need and interest of the researcher. The first section contains the essential data: material, date, origin, dimensions, number of pages, bookbinding. The second section is variable: it is possible to find here some information concerning the material, the quires, the ruling, the impagination, the decoration, the binding, the history of the manuscript and other elements considered important for the description. The third section presents an accurate description of the content, the fourth concerns the bibliography of the codex.
The catalogue is not intended as a model for all future works but it wants to offer some codicological and textual elements that can help a better knowledge of an interesting and hardly accessible collection.

Paola Busonero (Coop. INCIPIT)

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