Relating to Benevento, a city in southern Italy, especially referring to a medieval script or handwriting style developed in that region.
From Benevento, a city in Campania, Italy, which was a major center of manuscript production in the Middle Ages. The '-an' suffix creates an adjective of origin or relation.
Beneventan script was one of the most beautiful medieval handwriting styles, with distinctive letterforms that paleographers can spot instantly—it's named after the monastery that perfected it, showing how places become synonymous with their crafts.
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