Manuscript Summary:Remnants of an Alcuin's Bible from the Dominican Monastery of Bern, which were used around 1495 by the bookbinder Johannes Vatter as pastedowns for various incunables that are currently held in Bern and Solothurn. After the secularization of the monastery in 1528, the host volume reached Solothurn; it was first held in the library of the St. Ursus Monastery, after its secularization in the cantonal library, one of the predecessors of the current Solothurn Central Library. Reunification of the fragments: [sine loco], codices restituti, Cod. 5 (Biblia latina).(mit)
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Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S II 151
Parchment · 4 ff. · 17.5-33.5 x 19-28 cm · France: Tours · early 9th century
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