La Bibbia a Montecassino

Marilena Maniaci, Giulia Orofino, Laura Albiero, Roberta Casavecchia, Angela Cipriani, Mariano Dell'Omo, Erica Orezzi, Richard F. Gyug, Leda Ruggiero, Gaia Elisabetta Unfer Verre

The first publication offering a scientific description of the Cassinese biblical collection, which holds Bibles of all typologies. Given the large number of witnesses still held in loco and their high variety, Montecassino represents a particularly advantageous, if not unique, situation for the analysis of the material and the study of textual changes undergone by the Bible as a book during the Middle Ages.00For manuscript historians, the Bible in the form of a codex represents a handcrafted object of the utmost importance: it was the sacred text par excellence and served as a vital reference point in the lives of medieval monks. In addition, it functioned as an indispensable tool for daily liturgical celebration, and as a study text and individual reading book for the purpose of moral edification. The manuscript collection of the Montecassino Abbey presents an exemplary case study,...