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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Schaffhausen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stadtbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Gen. 1
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Adamnanus de Iona, Vita Columbae
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · 71 pp. · 29 x 22.5 cm · Irland · between 688 and 713
Language:
Language
Latin, Ancient Greek
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This manuscript from the island monastery of Iona (Hy) in Scotland contains the oldest and best surviving version of the biography of the Irish saint Columba, composed between 608 and 704. In this work, Adamnan, the ninth abbot of Iona, tells the life story of monastery founder Columba (Columcille in Old Irish), who lived from 519/522 to 597. This manuscript can be dated to the time between the writing of the original text and the death of Iona's Abbot (or Bishop) Dorbbene in the year 713. It is the oldest codex containing a single biography in Latin, and is among the few datable manuscripts written in the Insular script during the 7th and 8th centuries. (spe)
Standard description:
Standard description
Gamper Rudolf / Marti Susan, Katalog der mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen, Dietikon-Zürich 1998, S. 67–68. Ergänzungen durch Rudolf Gamper 2008.
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Additional description:
Additional description
UCLA Reichenau-St. Gall Virtual Library
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Additional description:
Additional description
Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550, Bd. III: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken St. Gallen-Zürich, bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, Rudolf Gamper und Marlis Stähli, Dietikon-Zürich 1991, Nr. 313, S. 112.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-sbs-0001 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-sbs-0001)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/sbs/0001
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
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How to quote:
How to quote
Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Gen. 1: Adamnanus de Iona, Vita Columbae (http://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/sbs/0001).
Online Since:
Online Since
12/09/2008
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
7th century, 8th century
Binding:
Binding
20th century
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