On July 1996 was issued the fourth volume of BMB. Bibliografia dei
manoscritti in scrittura beneventana, Roma, Viella, 1996. The works'
aim is to provide an annual extensive and detailed bibliographical information
related to beneventan manuscripts. An expert group, leaded and coordinated
by Prof. M. Palma, working and studying at Scuola di Specializzazione per
conservatori di beni archivistici e librari della civiltà monastica
dell'Università degli Studi di Cassino, is the author of the bibliography.
It consists of three sections:
- the complete list of the known beneventan manuscripts and related abbreviations.
Fragments and codexes, having only scriptio inferior or marginal
notes in beneventan scripts are included in the list;
- abbreviated bibliography taken from reviews and monographs published
since 1990, assembled on the basis of the codexes abbreviations and in
chronological order. For every entry a short abstract, explaining why and
how the codex is mentioned, is provided;
- list of bibliographical abbreviations and their resolution.
The volume contains also an introduction providing a short description
of the latest findings which will be included in the next issues as soon
as more detailed information will be available.
In the next future the whole bibliography will be available also on CD-ROM.
Elisabetta Caldelli (Coop. Incipit)