Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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Location: |
Location St. Gallen |
Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
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Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. Sang. 194 |
Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Composite manuscript; palimpsest |
Caption: | Caption Parchment · II + 233 + IV pp. · 18 x 12 cm; 24 x 18 cm; 17.7 x 12 cm · southern France or Spain; St. Gall · around 700 and first half of the 8th century |
Language: |
Language
Latin |
Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary Early homiletic manuscript collection from the monastery of St. Gall, written on stiff, poorly smoothed, unevenly cut and damaged parchment, already previously used, overwritten in the first half of the 8th century with the sermons of Caesarius of Arles and the Synonyma of Isidore of Seville. Underlying script (Merovingian): a significant copy of the Old Testament Books of Wisdom, written in about 700 in southern France or Spain. This is among the oldest books preserved by the monastery of St. Gall. |
Standard description: | Standard description Lowe Elias Avery, Codices Latini Antiquiores. A palaeographical guide to latin manuscripts prior to the ninth century. Part VII: Switzerland, Oxford 1956 (Osnabrück 1982), p. 24.Show standard description |
Additional description: | Additional description Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 71-72.Show additional description |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-csg-0194 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0194) |
Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0194 |
IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
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How to quote: | How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 194: Composite manuscript; palimpsest (https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0194). |
Online Since: | Online Since 12/09/2008 |
Additional literature: | Additional literature Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
Rights: | Rights Images:
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Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
Century: |
Century
8th century |
Decoration: |
Decoration
Initial, Ornamental, Penwork |
Liturgica christiana: |
Liturgica christiana
Bible |
Codicology: |
Codicology
Palimpsest |
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