Gamber, Klaus (1919–1989), Codices liturgici latini antiquiores, Freiburg, Universitätsverlag, 1963 2nd ed.Other editorial projects have a more limited scope: Unlike CLA and ChLA, it covers the entire medieval period, but is confined to manuscripts bearing a specific date or datable within a narrow period. The second, under the title Manuscrits datés, was directed under the auspices of the Comité international de paléographie latine. Two similar projects have appeared: the first one for documentary texts from antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, under the title Chartae Latinae Antiquiores ( ChLA). Paleography is the foundational principle of the project: every entry is accompanied by a photograph of the manuscript in black and white, at a 1:1 scale, along with a description of its contents, its state of preservation, the kind of writing used, and the possible date and geographical origin.
It has 11 volumes, organized according to the current location of the manuscripts these were followed by a supplement in 1971 and two sets of addenda published in 19. Historians strongly felt a need for a complete international catalogue of early manuscripts, to evaluate the differences in importance between the various cultural centres of book production, the transmission of ancient culture, and the creation of new ways of writing.ĬLA covers only literary works this includes legal texts but not documentary texts such as charters. Elias Avery Lowe founded the project in 1929 and directed it himself until his death in 1969.Īt the beginning of the 20th century, the history of Latin script was insufficiently known and based only on partial analyses. The complete title of the work is Codices Latini Antiquiores: A Paleographical Guide to Latin Manuscripts Prior to the Ninth Century. Codices Latini Antiquiores ("The More Ancient Latin Manuscripts"), generally abbreviated CLA, is a catalogue of all surviving manuscripts in Latin (whether codices or scrolls) written before the 9th century.
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