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  • Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 63.
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  • Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1938, S. 79.
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  • Janner Sara / Jurot Romain, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus, Band IX/2 Schweiz, Wien 2001, S. 136.
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Manuscript title: Augustinus Hipponensis, De ciuitate Dei XI-XXII
Place of origin: St. Gall
Date of origin: s. IX med (Bruckner)
Support: Parchment
Extent: An unnumbered paper flyleaf, plus 207 parchment leaves (numbered pp. 1-414)
Format: 392-394 x 297-301 mm
Collation: Pp. 1-112 = I-VII8, pp. 113-126 = VIII8 (wants 7), pp. 127-174 = IX-XI8, pp. 175-186 = XII6, pp. 187-234 = XIII-XV8, pp. 235-242 = XVI4, pp. 243-258 = XVII8, pp. 259-270 = XVIII6, pp. 271-282 = XIX6, pp. 283-296 = XX8 (wants 6), pp. 297-344 = XXI-XXIII8, pp. 345-362 = XXIV10 (wants 2), pp. 363-410 = XXV-XXVII8, pp. 411-414 = [XXVIII]2. [The gatherings are numbered, as above, in the lower margin of the last page (or, as on p. 17, the first page) of each quire.]
Page layout: 2 columns of 34 lines (written space: 302-303 x 118-123 mm).
Writing and hands: Multiple hands writing Caroline minuscule, with rubrics in rustic capitals and initials generally in square capitals; numerous contemporary and later interlinear corrections and glosses, including some attributed to the hand of Ekkehard IV († 973) (Bruckner).
Contents:
  • 1. p. 2 Uersus ad lectorem Bissenos \magni/ doctoris in ordine libros …–… construit et pariter sanctum (sanctos sanctus p.c.) in arce locat.
    Edition
    • [Uersus ad lectorem], ed. K. Strecker in Poetae latini aevi Carolini (IV), MGH Poetae 4, fasc. 3. Berlin: Weidmann, 1923, p. 1109. dMGH
  • 2. p. 2-412 Augustinus Hipponensis: De ciuitate Dei >In dei nomine incipit liber undecimus sancti augustini de ciuitate dei feliciter.< Ciuitatem dei dicimus cuius ea scriptura testis est …–… quibus autem satis est non mihi sed deo mecum gratias congratulates agant. Amen.
    Index Reference Number
    • CPL 313
    Editions
    • Augustinus Hipponensis. De ciuitate Dei ed. B. Dombart and A. Kalb (CCSL 47-48). Turnhout: Brepols, 1955.
    • Aurelius Augustinus. De ciuitate Dei libri XXII ed. E. Hoffmann (CSEL 40 (pts. 1-2)). Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1899-1900. Google Books: 40/1 (Libri I-XIII) and 40/2 (Libri XIV-XXII)
    • Aurelius Augustinus. Ad Marcellinum de ciuitate Dei contra paganos libri uiginti duo PL 41: 13-804. Google Books
    Translations
    • St. Augustine. Concerning the City of God against the Pagans, trans. H. Bettenson (Penguin Classics). London: Penguin Books, 2003; orig. pub. 1972.
    • Aurelius Augustine. City of God, trans. M. Dods (The Works of Aurelius Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, A New Translation 1-2). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1884. On Google Books: Part 1 (I-XIII), part 2 (XIV-XXII)
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
Origin of the manuscript: St. Gall; probably volume two of the two-volume City of God mentioned in CSG 728 (p. 8, line 9); also listed among the books acquired under abbot Grimalt (AD 841-872) in CSG 267 (p. 25, line 14).
Codicological Bibliography
  • Bruckner, Albert. Scriptoria medii aevi Helvetica (Vol. 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 79.
  • Janner, Sara, and Romain Jurot. Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus (Vol. 9/2). Vienna: Verlag der ÖAW, 2001, p. 136.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibiliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875, p. 63. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen