Select manuscript from this collection: Cod. 2  Cod. 56 Cod. 65  Cod. 1009  29/61

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Engelberg
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. 64
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Ambrosii episcopi Hexaemeron
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · 145 ff. · 25 x 17.2 cm · Engelberg · 1143-1178
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This codex contains Saint Ambrose's Hexaemeron. A two-line poem on 1r by Abbot Frowin of Engelberg (1143-1178) dedicates this volume (with its title) to the monastery's patron saint Mary, mother of God. Beneath the dedication, the same hand has written a six-line poem, which likewise makes reference to the contents. A small decorative initial in blue, green, and red ink, as is typical of the library of Frowin, introduces the first book. The remaining books are divided with more simple, red initials. The text and marginal notes, in a dark-brown (and in a few places light brown) ink come from the same hand, a hand with a strikingly clean and balanced appearance. (grd)
Standard description:
Standard description
P. Benedictus Gottwald, Catalogus codicum manu scriptorum qui asservantur in Bibliotheca Monasterii O.S.B. Engelbergensis in Helvetia, Freiburg im Breisgau 1891, p. 96.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 8, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, Stift Engelberg, Genf 1950, S. 122.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550, 
Bd. II: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken Bern-Porrentruy, bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, 
Dietikon-Zürich 1983, Nr. 247, S. 91.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-bke-0064 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-bke-0064)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bke/0064
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
IIIF Drag-n-drop http://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/bke-0064/manifest.json
How to quote:
How to quote
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 64: Ambrosii episcopi Hexaemeron (http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bke/0064).
Online Since:
Online Since
10/04/2011
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
12th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Fully Painted, Initial, Ornamental
Binding:
Binding
12th century
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