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  • Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 59-60.
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  • Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1938, S. 76.
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  • Janner Sara / Jurot Romain, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus, Band IX/2 Schweiz, Wien 2001, S. 132.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 161
Manuscript title: Augustinus Hipponensis, De Genesi ad litteram libri XII
Place of origin: St. Gallen
Date of origin: AD 841-872 (Abbacy of Grimalt)
Support: Parchment
Extent: 174 leaves (pp. 3-14, 17-354), plus 3 paper replacement leaves (pp. 15-16 and 353-6); there is no leaf numbered 1-2.
Format: 320-322 x 249-250 mm
Collation: Pp. 3-16 = I8 (wants 1; 8 is a blank, paper replacement), pp. 17-160 = II-X8, pp. 161-172 = XI6, pp. 173-332 = XII-XXI8, pp. 333-344 = XXII6, pp. 345-356 = XXIII6 (5 and 6 are blank, paper replacements). Early quire numbers are visible in the lower margin of the last page of each quire.
Page layout: Two columns of 30 lines (written space: 242-244 x 100-101 mm (Bruckner)).
Writing and hands: Multiple Caroline hands from the time of Abbot Grimalt (Bruckner).
Contents:
  • 1. p. 3-352 Augustinus Hipponensis: De Genesi ad litteram libri duodecim >Incipit liber primus sancti augustini in genesim< Omnis diuina scriptura bipertita est secundum id quod dominus significat dicens scribam eruditum in regno dei similem esse …–… gloriatur de ipsa patientia plurimum gaudens quia secundum multitudinem dolo[rum] (ends defectively in book XII, ch. 34 [= Zycha 430.21])
    Index Reference Number
    • CPL 266
    Edition
    • Augustinus Hipponensis. De Genesi ad litteram libri duodecim, ed. J. Zycha (CSEL 28.1). Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1894, p. 3-435. This MS is Zycha's MS S; edition also available on Google Books
    Translation
    • Augustine. The Literal Meaning of Genesis, trans. Edmund Hill (The Works of Saint Augustine I.13). Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2002, p. 168-506.
    • Augustine. The Literal Meaning of Genesis, trans. John Hammond Taylor (Ancient Christian Writers 41-42). Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1982-83.
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
    • 1_1. (p. 3a-24b) Liber primus >Incipit liber primus sancti augustini in genesim.< Omnis diuina scriptura bipertita est secundum id quod dominus significat dicens scribam eruditum in regno dei similem esse
    • 1_2. (p. 25a-50b) Liber secundus >Incipit liber secundus.< Et dixit deus fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum et sit inter aquam et aquam et sic est factum
    • 1_3. (p. 50b-76b) Liber tertius >Incipit liber tertius.< Et dixit deus educant aquae reptilia animarum uiuarum et uolatili a super terras
    • 1_4. (p. 76b-117a) Liber quartus >Incipit liber quartus.< Et consummata sunt caelum et terra et omnis ornatus eorum
    • 1_5. (p. 117a-143b) Liber quintus >Incipit liber quintus.< Hic liber creaturae caeli et terrae cum factus est dies fecit deus caelum et terram
    • 1_6. (p. 143b-169b) Liber sextus >Incipit liber sextus.< Et finxit deus hominem puluerem de terra Hic primo uidendum est utrum ista recapilatio sit
    • 1_7. (p. 169b-193a) Liber septimus >Incipit liber septimus.< Et finxit deus hominem puluerem de terra Haec uerba scripturae nobis et in principio superioris libri
    • 1_8. (p. 193a-225a) Liber octauus >Incipit liber VIII.< Et plantauit deus paradisum in aedem ad orientem et posuit ibi hominem quem finxit. Non ignoro de paradiso
    • 1_9. (p. 225b-246b) Liber nonus >Incipit liber VIIII.< Et dixit dominus deus non bonum est esse hominem solum faciamus ei adiutorium secundum ipsum
    • 1_10. (p. 246b-275b) Liber decimus >Incipit liber decimus.< Iam quidem ordo ipse uidetur exposcere ut de peccato primi hominis disseramus
    • 1_11. (p. 275b-309b) Liber undecimus >Incipit liber undecimus.< Et erant nudi adam et mulier eius et non pudebat illos serpens autem erat prudentior omnium bestiarum
    • 1_12. (p. 309b-352b) Liber duodecimus >Incipit liber duodecimus.< Ab exordio scripturae sanctae quae inscribitur genesis donec homo primus de paradiso dimissus est
Origin of the manuscript: St. Gallen; listed in the 9th-c. booklist in CSG 728 (p. 8, last line).
Codicological Bibliography
  • Bruckner, Albert. Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica (Vol. 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 76.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibiliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875, p. 59. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
  • For further bibliography, see: IMB