http://makingrenmanuscripts.exhibits.library.upenn.edu/files/original/b4e064eea2d1b0fe8f33bd527d466384.png bc6d78760fbb11406875b74b33faa896 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2. Crafting the Codex; The Humanist Scribe at Work Subject The topic of the resource The Humanist Scribe at Work Description An account of the resource The renewal of interest in Greco-Roman antiquity that characterized the Renaissance was a gradual process of intellectual and material rediscovery. As works by ancient authors were being uncovered, translated, and edited, so too were the physical vehicles through which these ancient texts were transmitted—manuscripts from the high Middle Ages—examined and copied anew. The most prominent early figure to carefully consider older manuscripts was Francis Petrarch (1304– 74), whose own handwriting remained anchored in the upright, angular forms of Gothic textualis script. His call for the reform of writing was taken up a generation later by the chancellor of Florence Coluccio Salutati (1331–1406), who helped to develop a simplified semi-Gothic script, which remained in use throughout the fifteenth century. But it was Salutati’s young protégé Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459) who developed a reformed script based on the Caroline minuscule, a highly legible style of lettering first devised in the late eighth century. Within a few years, the scholar-bibliophile Niccolò Niccoli (1364–37) had produced a more flowing, cursive humanistic script, and it was Niccoli’s cursive that was adapted as the now-standard Italic font by the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius. Italian scribes adopted these innovations rapidly, but diffusion beyond the Italian peninsula was slow, though isolated examples written in France do survive. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Nicholas Herman Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Making the Renaissance Manuscript; Discoveries From Philadelphia Libraries Catalogue Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Exhibition Catalogue Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Isagoge geometriae</em> (Introduction to Geometry) Description An account of the resource Gerbert of Aurillac (ca. 945–1003) was the first Frenchman elected to the papacy and reigned as Sylvester II for the final four years of his life. His renown, however, stems from his prowess as a mathematician and pedagogue. Among his achievements were the reintroduction of the abacus and armillary sphere to Western Europe, via the Islamic civilization of Al-Andalus. He is also thought to be responsible for introducing the Hindu-Arabic numeration system to the Latinate world. This volume contains texts such as Gerbert’s correspondence with Adebaldus of Utrecht on the isosceles triangle, and a short treatise on the astrolabe, another instrument that he helped familiarize to Christian audiences. This manuscript is an excellent example of Renaissance engagement with scholarship from the High Middle Ages. An assiduous reader of classical authors, including Virgil, Cicero, and Boethius, Gerbert of Aurillac was an outstanding conduit of classical thought for much later readers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Author: Gerbert of Aurillac (Sylvester II) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource mid-12th c., with late 15th- or early 16th-c. humanist annotations Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Manuscript on parchment, 56 fols. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context University of Pennsylvania, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, LJS 194 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Northern Austria (Saint Lambrecht?)