Manuscript Summary: Copy of an exegesis of the Gospel of Luke (Homilies on the Gospel of Luke) by the church father Ambrose, produced at the Abbey of St. Gall in the 10th century. Includes numerous glosses by the hand of the monk Ekkehart IV. (d. about 1060). Also includes the Latin work in verse Nectaris Ambrosii redolentia carpito mella (Grasp the fragrant honey of ambrosian nectar), mentioned by Ekkehart IV. in his Casus sancti Galli, the history of the Abbey of St. Gall. (smu)
Standard description:
Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1938, S. 67. Show standard description
Additional description:
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 38. Show additional description
Online Since:
07/31/2009
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 96
Parchment · 516 ff. · 26 x 18.1-18.5 cm · St. Gall · 10th century
Ambrosius, Homiliæ in evang. Lucæ, libri X.
How to quote:
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 96, f. 232 + f. 233 – Ambrosius, Homiliæ in evang. Lucæ, libri X. (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0096)