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  • Scarpatetti Beat Matthias von, Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Bd. 1: Abt. IV: Codices 547-669: Hagiographica, Historica, Geographica, 8.-18. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden 2003, S. 27.
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  • Gustav Scherrer, Verzeichnis der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 175.
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Manuscript title: Adomnán, Vita Columbae (uersio breuior)
Place of origin: St. Gall
Date of origin: s. IX, 3/4 (Euw)
Support: Parchment
Extent: 81 leaves (pp. 5-166; pp. 1-4 and 167-170 are later, paper flyleaves)
Format: 192-194 x 141-147 mm
Collation: Pp. 5-36 = I-II8 (in II, 3 and 6 are half-sheets), pp. 37-48 = III6, pp. 49-64 = IV8 (3 and 6 are half-sheets), pp. 65-84 = V10, pp. 85-100 = VI8, pp. 101-120 = VII10 (3 and 8 are half-sheets), pp. 121-152 = VIII-IX8 (in VIII, 3 and 6 are half-sheets), pp. 153-166 = X10 (wants 8, 9, and 10?); pp. 1-4 and 167-170 are modern, paper replacement leaves. [Provisional foliation by JAW based on examination of manuscript images.]
Page layout: A single column of 18 lines (written space: 133-134 x 115-116 mm). (Bruckner)
Writing and hands: Multiple hands writing St. Gall Carolina.
Decoration: Rubrics in rustics. (Bruckner)
Contents:
  • 1. p. 5-163 Adamnanus Hiensis: Vita S. Columbae (uersio breuior) >Incipit prima praefatio apoligiaque (-logiaque p.c.) adomnani abbatis sancti scriptoris \uitae sancti columbae/.< Beati nostri patroni christo suffragante uitam descripturus fratrum flagitationibus obsecundare uolens …–… cui est cum patre honor uirtus laus gloria et imperium sempiternum in unitate spiritus sancti per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. >Explicit liber tertius de uita uel uirtutibus quae per beatum columbam declarata fuerant.<
    • 1_1. (p. 5-6) Prima praefatio >Incipit prima praefatio apoligiaque (-logiaque p.c.) adomnani abbatis sancti scriptoris \uitae sancti columbae/.< Beati nostri patroni christo suffragante uitam descripturus …
    • 1_2. (p. 6-10) Secunda praefatio >Incipit praefatio secunda.< Uir erat uitae uenerabilis et beatae memoriae monasteriorum pater et fundator …
    • 1_3. (p. 10-58) Liber primus (de profeticis reuelationibus) >Incipit liber primus de propheticis reuelationibus.< Sanctus igitur columba nobilibus fuerat oriundus genitalibus …
    • 1_4. (p. 58-110) Liber secundus (de uirtutum miraculis) >Incipit liber secundus de uirtutum miraculis. Nunc sequens orditur liber de uirtutum miraculis quae plerumque etiam profetalis (prophetalis p.c.) praescientia comitatur.< Alio in tempore cum uir uenerandus in scotia apud sanctum findbarrum episcopum …
    • 1_5. (p. 110-163) Liber tertius (de angelicis uisionibus) >Incipit liber terius de angelicis apparitionibus et de trasitu beati columbae.< In primo ex his tribus libellis libro ut superius commemoratum est …
    Index Reference Numbers
    • BHL 1887, CPL 1134
    Edition
    • Adomnán. "Life of Columba" in Oxford Medieval Texts, ed. A. O. Anderson and M. O. Anderson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961, rev. ed. 1991, p. 2-234.
    Translations
    • Adomnán. Life of Columba, trans. A. O. Anderson and M. O. Anderson (Oxford Medieval Texts). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961, rev. ed. 1991, p. 3-232.
    • Adomnán of Iona. Life of St Columba, trans. R. Sharpe (Penguin Classics). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961, rev. ed. 1991, p. 235.
    Bibliography
  • 2. p. 166 Imago S. Columbae
Codicological Bibliography
  • Euw, Anton von. Die St. Galler Buchkunst vom 8. bis zum Ende des 11. Jahrhunderts (Vol. 2). St. Gallen: Verlag am Klosterhof, 2009, p. 357-58.
  • Scarpatetti, Beat Matthias von. Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibiliothek St. Gallen (Vol. 1.4). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2003, p. 27.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibiliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875 p. 175. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
  • For further bibliography, see: IMB