The following descriptions are available for this manuscript

  • Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 37-38.
    Show standard description
  • UCLA Reichenau-St. Gall Virtual Library
    (Additional description, currently displayed)
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 95
Creative Commons License

UCLA Reichenau-St. Gall Virtual Library, 2012.

OverviewFacsimileShow XMLPrint description
Manuscript title: Ambrosius Mediolanensis, De fide contra perfidiam Arrianorum
Place of origin: St. Gallen
Dates of origin:
  • s. IX (Scherrer);
  • AD 872-883 (Abbacy of Hartmut) (Bruckner)
Support: Parchment
Extent: 143 leaves
Format: 175 x 225-230 mm
Foliation: (numbered pp. 1-132, 134-154, two unnumbered pages, 155-285; Bruckner erroneously states that 183 rather than 133 was skipped in the pagination).
Collation: pp. 1-2 is an original flyleaf; early quire signatures in the lower margin from I (p. 18) to XVII (p. 273). (Bruckner)
Page layout: A single columns of 19 lines (written space: 125 x 147-147 mm).
Writing and hands: Caroline minuscule by a single fine and well-practiced hand from the time of Hartmut (AD 872-883). Rubrics in red rustics and uncials.
Additions: The addition on p. 1 is later, perhaps 10th century. Pen-trials on p. 3. (Bruckner)
Contents:
  • 1. p. 1 Anonymus: (Gregorius magnus?), Hymnus ad nocturnas in quadragesima >Ad nocturnas in XL< Summi largitor premii spes qui es unica …–… unus per cuncta secula deus. Amen. Kerhart.
    Index Reference Number
    • Chevalier 19679
    Edition
    • Anonymus. [Hymnus in Quadragesima], ed. G. M. Dreves et al. (Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi51). Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1908, pp. 60-61. Archive.org
  • 2. p. 2 Anonymus: [Venantio Fortunato male attributum], Carmen in laudem S. Mariae Ave maris stella dei mater alma atque semper uirgo felix porta …–… Sit \laus/ deo patri summum christo decus spiritui sancto honor tribus unus. Amen.
    Edition
    • Ps.-Venantius Fortunatus. [Carminum spuriorum appendix, IX], ed. F. Leo (MGH Auct. ant.4.1). Berlin: Weidmann, 1881, pp. 385. dMGH
    Translation
    • An English translation is available on Wikipedia
    Bibliography
  • 3. pp. 4-285 Ambrosius Mediolanensis: De fide contra perfidiam Arrianorum I-IV >Incipit liber primus beati ambrosii mediolanensis episcopi ad gratianum imperatorem de fide contra perfidiam arrianorum.< Regina austri uenit audire sapientiam salomonis ut in libro regnorum legimus …–… diffusa salutaribus brachiis crucis umbra uelaret. >Explicit liber quartus beati ambrosii episcopi de fide.<
    • 3_1. (pp. 4-74) Liber primus >Incipit liber primus beati ambrosii mediolanensis episcopi ad gratianum imperatorem de fide contra perfidiam arrianorum.< Regina austri uenit audire sapientiam salomonis ut in libro regnorum legimus …
    • 3_2. (pp. 74-140) Liber secundus >Incipit liber secundus beati ambrosii episcopi de fide contra arrianos.< Satis ut arbitror libro superiori sancte imperator edoctum est …
    • 3_3. (pp. 140-211) Liber tertius >Incipit liber terius beati ambrosii mediolanensis episcopi de fide.< Quo clementissime imperator instruendi tui gratia …
    • 3_4. (pp. 211-285) Liber quartus >Incipit liber quartus beati ambrosii episcopi de fide.< Consideranti mihi imperator auguste qua ratione sic errauerit hominum genus …
    Editions
    • Ambrosius Mediolanensis. De fide ad Gratianum Augustum, ed. O. Faller (CSEL 78). Vienna: Hoelder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1962, pp. 3-216.
    • Ambrosius Mediolanensis / Ambrosius von Mailand. De fide (ad Gratianum) / Über den Glauben (an Gratian), ed. C. Markschies (Fontes Christiani 47). Turnhout: Brepols, 2005.
    • Sanctus Ambrosius Mediolanensis episcopus. De fide ad Gratianum Augustum libri quinque. PL 16: 527-698. Google Books
    Translations
    • Ambrosius Mediolanensis / Ambrosius von Mailand. De fide (ad Gratianum) / Über den Glauben (an Gratian), trans. C. Markschies (Fontes Christiani 47). Turnhout: Brepols, 2005. Facing-page translation into German.
    • Ambrose. Exposition of the Christian Faith, trans. H. De Romestin et al. (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd series 10). New York: Christian Literature Company, 1896, p. 201-314 at 201-84 (I-IV). Google Books
    Bibliography
Origin of the manuscript: St. Gallen; perhaps the volume referenced by an addition to the St. Gallen library catalogue in CSG 728, p. 9; late medieval exlibris of St. Gallen on the inside back cover.
Codicological Bibliography
  • Bruckner, Albert. Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica (Vol. 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 67.
  • Lehmann, Paul. Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Deutschlands und der Schweiz (Vol. I). Munich: Beck, 1918, p. 71-82.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibiliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875, p. 37-38. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
  • For further bibliography, see: IMB