St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 897, p. 79 – Symmachus, Epistolae; apocryphal correspondence between Seneca and Paul
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Manuscript Summary:On pp. 2–73, this codex contains a total of 153 letters by Quintus Aurelius Symmachus († 402/403), a Roman politician from late antiquity; they are one letter from lib. IX, 10 letters from lib. IV, 44 from lib. V, 18 from lib. VI, 40 from lib. VII, 36 from lib. I and 4 from lib. II. Following the numbering of the edition MGH Auct. ant. 6,1, they are the following letters: IX, 142 (20); IV, 16 (17), 57 (58) – 60 (61), 63 (64), 66 (67) f., 69 (70), 72 (73); V, 3–5, 8, 13, 19 (18), 21 (20), 23 (22), 29 (27) f., 34 (32), 36 (34), 38 (36), 41 (39), 44 (42) – 47 (45), 49 (47) – 51 (49), 53 (51), 55 (53), 57 (55) – 60 (58), 65 (64), 67 (65) f., 68 (66), 70 (68) f., 73 (71), 75 (73), 77 (75) – 80 (78), 84 (82) f., 89 (87), 91 (89) f., 96 (94); VI, 3, 13, 17 (18), 22 (23), 28 (29), 31 (32), 45 (46), 47 (48), 55 (56), 60 (61) f., 65 (66), 72 (73) – 74 (75), 78 (79) – 80 (81); VII, 2f., 9, 11, 16, 19, 21f., 22, 25, 33, 44, 47, 49, 51–54, 56, 60f., 66f., 71–73, 78, 80, 85, 88 (87), 92 (91) – 94 (93), 98 (97) f., 102 (101), 105, 107, 109, 114, 117; I, 28 (22), 31 (25) – 34 (28), 36 (30) – 77 (71), 79 (73) f., 82 (76) – 84 (78), 86 (80), 88 (82), 90 (84) – 93 (87), 96 (90), 99 (93) f., 105 (99), 107 (101); II, 1, 3, 6, 8. Each letter begins with a red majuscule corresponding to two lines. The manuscript concludes on pp. 73–79 with fictional correspondence between the Roman philosopher Seneca and Paul the Apostle.(sno)
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 897
Parchment · 80 pp. · 13.5 x 9–9.5 cm · 11th / 12th century
Symmachus, Epistolae; apocryphal correspondence between Seneca and Paul
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Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 314.
Manuscript title: Cod. Sang. 897
Date of origin: s. XII
Support: Pgm.
Extent:
80 Seiten
Format: 8° (13 ½ u. 9 ½ C.)
Page layout:
zu 23 Zeilen
Writing and hands: in schöner Schrift.
Contents:
1).
S. 2-73Incipit epistolaris liber Symmachi.
(Nur 150 unbezifferte Briefe; anfangend mit Lib. X. Epist. 20. Es folgen 10 Briefe aus Liber IV; 42 aus Lib. V; 18 aus Lib. VI; 40 Briefe aus Lib. VII und 39 aus Lib. I. Der letzte Brief ist Epist. I, 8.)
2).
S. 73-79Incipiunt Epistole ad scm Paulum trans(missae) a Seneca. Credo tibi Paule …–…
etc. Ende:
istinc properantem
(8 Briefe Seneca's und 6 des Apostels Paulus, also komplet).
Diese Briefe, die zuerst von Hieronymus und Augustin erwähnt werden, sind schon als Incunabeln gedruckt; zuletzt in Opp. Senecae ed. F. Haase Lips. 1863. III, 476 und von F. X. Kraus in der Tübinger Theol. Quartalschrift 1867 IV, p. 603-24 nach der Strassburger und Mailänder Hs. saec. IX. Das Testimonium Hieronymi, das anderwärts den Briefen vorangeht, fehlt in Cod. 897. Vgl. noch Herzog Theol. Realencykl. XII, p. 335.
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