A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger - A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved - in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York by E. A. (Elias Avery) Lowe;Edward Kennard Rand
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Description of Plates
PART I. THE PALAEOGRAPHY OF THE MORGAN FRAGMENT by E. A. LOWE THE PALAEOGRAPHY OF THE MORGAN FRAGMENT. DESCRIPTION OF THE FRAGMENT. [Sidenote: _Contents size vellum binding_] The Morgan fragment of Pliny the Younger contains the end of Book II and the beginning of Book III of the _Letters_ (II, xx. 13-III, v. 4). The fragment consists of six vellum leaves, or twelve pages, which apparently formed part of a gathering or quire of the original volume. The leaves measure 11-3/8 by 7 inches (286 x 180 millimeters); the |
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