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  • Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 61-62.
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  • Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1938, S. 78.
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  • Janner Sara / Jurot Romain, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus, Band IX/2 Schweiz, Wien 2001, S. 134.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 173
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Manuscript title: Augustinus, Contra Faustum.
Place of origin: St Gall (Bruckner)
Date of origin: s. IX ²∕₃ (Bruckner)
Support: Parchment, with leather and wooden binding.
Extent: 399 pp
Format: 377-378 x 270-272 mm
Collation: Quire signatures (some in red) run from II (p. 31) to VI (p. 95); mostly quaterniones, with the exception of pp. 208-227 (quinio), and pp. 370-379 (ternio). (Bruckner)
Condition: Strong, well made and smoothed parchment; flesh side is white, hair side is yellowish with visible pores and brown spots, a few holes. HFHF. Drypoint ruling, sometimes invisible, before folding.
Page layout: Two columns, 31 lines per. Each column measures 10.3-10.7 (8.1-9) x 25.2-25.3 cm. (Bruckner)
Writing and hands: Beautiful, clear and wide minuscule of the Grimald period, that is, c. 841-872. Rust-brown to black ink. Titles in red rustics. Red initial on p. 2 (Bruckner)
Binding: Binding in dark brown smooth leather, with the back having been replaced s. XV or XVI. No frets, two original closures are now replaced by a modern leather buckle with brass plates, and a brass pin on the front cover. Original paste-down at the front, but in the rear we find a paper replacement. Spine contents note (s. XIX): S. Augustini contra Faustum Manichoeum.
Contents:
  • 1. p. 2-399 Augustinus Hipponensis: Contra Faustum Manichaeum >Hic sunt Libri ii sancti augustini contra faustum manicheum< Faustus quidam fuit gente afer ciuitate mileuitanus eloquio suauis …–… et catholici esse possitis amen. >Explicit liber aurelii augustiani episcopi contra faustum manicheum secundus. de uita Patriarcharum Uel figuris prophetarum deo gratias amen.<
    • 1_1. (p. 2-246) Liber I [= CSEL 25, I-XXI] >Hic sunt Libri ii sancti augustini contra faustum manicheum< Faustus quidam fuit gente afer ciuitate mileuitanus eloquio suauis …–… non sustinentes ad fabulas conuertuntur. >Aurelii augustini aduersus faustum manicheum uolumen primum explicit.<
    • 1_2. (p. 246-399) Liber II [= CSEL 25, XXII-XXXIII] >Incipit aduersus eundem uel eius heresim de uita patriarcharum uolumen ii< Faustus dixit Cur legem blasphematis et prophetas …–… et catholici esse possitis amen. >Explicit liber aurelii augustiani episcopi contra faustum manicheum secundus. de uita Patriarcharum Uel figuris prophetarum deo gratias amen.<
    Index Reference Numbers
    • CPL 321
    Editions
    • S. Aurelius Augustinus. Contra Faustum ed. J. Zycha (CSEL 25/1). Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1891, p. 251.4-797.7. Google Books Critical edition using this manuscript, reporting it by siglum S.
    • S. Aurelius Angustinus Hipponensis. Contra Faustum Manichaeum. PL 42: 207-518.
    Translation
    • St. Augustin. Reply to Faustus the Manichaean, trans. R. Stothert (A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 4). Buffalo: Christian Literature Company, 1887, p. 155-345. Google Books
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
Origin of the manuscript: May be the book identified in a mid-9th-century St Gall catalogue ‘Augustini contra Faustum Manicheum’ [Lehmann, MBKDS, p. 74.21], or the Grimald catalogue ‘Contra Faustum Manicheum libros duos in volumine I’ [Lehmann, MBKDS, p. 83.33]. [ruckner / RMP]
Codicological Bibliography
  • Janner, Sara und Romain Jurot. Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des heiligen Augustinus. IX/2: Schweiz (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Sitzungsberichte 688). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2001, p. 134.
  • Bruckner, Albert. Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz: St. Gallen II (Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 78.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: 1875, p. 61-2. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen