Project Gutenberg 2005-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 394 Lowe, E. A. (Elias Avery) 1879 1969 Lowe, Elias Avery Rand, Edward Kennard 1871 1945 Rand, E. K. (Edward Kennard) 22025027 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 Carnegie Institution of Washington publication no. 304 Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Louise Hope, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger" by Lowe and Rand is a scholarly publication centered on a recently discovered manuscript fragment written in the early sixth century. The work primarily discusses the paleographical and textual significance of this fragment, which contains letters from Pliny the Younger, offering insights into classical literature and the history of manuscript preservation. The opening of this publication introduces the significance of the manuscript, which consists of six vellum leaves containing portions of Pliny's letters. The authors detail the manuscript's historical journey to its current location at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, emphasizing its authenticity and the context surrounding its discovery. The initial segment focuses on the characteristics of the manuscript, including its size, condition, and the method of writing, providing valuable information for scholars studying classical texts and the evolution of manuscript traditions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Pliny, the Younger -- Correspondence Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515 Manuscripts, Latin -- Facsimiles Paleography, Latin PA Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: Literature 292430 289707 2024-10-07T11:55:20.530376 2023-09-07T12:06:18.040471 text/html text/html 281582 2020-12-12T13:51:07 text/html; charset=utf-8 1909469 2020-12-12T13:51:07 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 2053950 2024-10-07T11:55:35.220303 application/epub+zip 2041645 2024-10-07T11:55:26.003350 application/epub+zip 163425 2024-10-07T11:55:23.832347 application/epub+zip 2362859 2024-10-07T11:55:41.036252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2318973 2024-10-07T11:55:32.648327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222814 2022-09-08T07:04:00.892579 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209701 2024-10-07T11:55:18.763354 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209460 2020-12-12T13:51:07 text/plain; charset=utf-8 79159 2020-12-12T13:51:07 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 209549 2020-12-12T13:51:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 79071 2020-12-12T13:51:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 209561 2020-12-12T13:51:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 78936 2020-12-12T13:51:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23908 2024-10-07T11:55:41.233259 application/rdf+xml 24422 2024-10-07T11:55:24.494336 image/jpeg 4598 2024-10-07T11:55:24.180331 image/jpeg 2004453 2024-10-07T11:55:21.009361 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog