| Unit 5: Early Middle Ages / Franks |
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| An Example of Carolingian Miniscule | ||
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| From "Illustration and Text from Terence." Ca. 825. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. | ||
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| This image, from the ninth century, belongs to a text of a play by the comedic Latin playwright Terence and is likely to be a copy of a late-antique original. The text in the image is an example of Carolingian miniscule. This play has resided in the Vatican library since the fifteenth century. | ||
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