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  • Bergmann Rolf / Stricker Stephanie, Katalog der althochdeutschen und altsächsischen Glossenhandschriften, Bd. I, Berlin 2005, S. 486-487.
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  • Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 54.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 143
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Manuscript title: Augustinus, De Genesi contra Manichaeos
Place of origin: St. Gallen
Date of origin: s. ix, 1/3
Support: Parchment
Extent: 84 leaves
Format: 240 x 170
Collation: pp. 1-160 = I-X8, pp. 161-68 = XI4 (Bruckner).
Page layout: A single column of 20 lines (written space: 170 x 110 mm).
Writing and hands: Multiple Caroline hands of the early 9th c.
Contents:
  • 1. p. 3-166 Augustinus, De Genesi contra Manichaeos >Incipit liber aurelii augustini de genesi contra manicheos.< Si eligerent manichei quos deciperent eligeremus et nos uerba quibus eis responderemus …–… ego enim quod bona fide coram domino dixerim sine ullo studio contentionis sine aliqua dubitatione ueritatis et sine aliquo prae iudicio diligentioris tractationis quae mihi uidebantur exposui. >Amen. Explicit liber secundus de Genesi deo gratias.<
    Index Reference Number
    • CPL 265
    Editions
    • Augustinus Hipponensis. De Genesi contra Manichaeos, ed. D. Weber (CSEL 91). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1998, p. 67-172.
    • Augustinus Hipponensis. De Genesi contra Manichæos libri duo. PL 34: 173-220. Google Books
    Translation
    • Saint Augustine. Two Books on Genesis Against the Manichees, trans. Roland J. Teske (Fathers of the Church 84). Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1991, p. 45-141.
    Bibliography
    • Gorman, Michael M. "The Manuscript Tradition of Augustine's De Genesi contra Manichaeos", Revue des Études Augustiniennes 47 (2001): 303-311.
    For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
    • 1_1. (p. 3-74) Liber primus >Incipit liber aurelii augustini de genesi contra manicheos.< Si eligerent manichei quos deciperent eligeremus et nos uerba …
    • 1_2. (p. 74-166) Liber secundus >Incipit liber secundus.< Post enumerationem et expositionem dierum septem interposita est …
Origin of the manuscript: St. Gallen; almost certainly the copy mentioned in the 9th-c. booklist in CSG 728 (p. 8, line 14).
Codicological Bibliography
  • Bergmann, Rolf and Stephanie Stricker. Katalog der althochdeutschen und altsächischen Glossenhandschriften (Vol. I). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2005, p. 486-87.
  • 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. 54. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
  • For further bibliography, see: IMB