Carolingian Structures of Logic and Learning: The Evidence of University of Pennsylvania Libraries LJS 101
Christine E. Bachman
This paper presents preliminary research into how manuscript LJS 101, held in the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection of University Pennsylvania Libraries, represents a collective enterprise its making and contents. The evidence texts, script, decoration show that was not only made, but also used within larger community over an extended period time. inclusion Boethius’s early sixth century translation commentary on Aristotle’s De Interpretatione alongside shorter such as sample letter definitions words, transforms useful handbook for studying first three subjects medieval liberal arts–grammar, rhetoric, dialectic–within instructional environment teachers students. reflects work several individuals. At least two distinct phases can be identified, hands scribes distinguished text annotations, diagrams reflect diverse sources may relate to varied visual vocabulary different artists. In these ways, 101 exemplify combined efforts involved Carolingian systems education production.
Manuscript studies|ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania)