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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 901
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Alexander de Villa Dei: Doctrinale
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · II+ 120 + II pp. · 28 x 19.5 cm · 1st third of the 14th century
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
The parchment manuscript contains Alexander of Villedieu’s Doctrinale with the commentary of Master Bertholdus Turicensis. The colophon (p. 123) states the name of this commentator from Zurich, and of the copyist, a certain “Hermannus”, but nothing more is known about them. The volume, laid out in two columns, is carefully articulated: every hexameter of the Doctrinale is generally divided into paragraphs of one or more verses and is copied in a larger size than the commentaries that follow. This commentary is more or less as long as the verses and is moreover full of abbreviations, unlike the text being commented. Elegant pen-flourished initials, typical of upper-Rhine illuminations of the beginning of the fourteenth century, appear throughout this copy. The seal of abbot Diethelm Blarer (p. 59) confirms that the book was at the Abbey Library since 1553–1564 at the latest. (rou)
Standard description:
Standard description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 316.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0901 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0901)
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http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0901
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 901: Alexander de Villa Dei: Doctrinale (http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0901).
Online Since:
Online Since
12/20/2023
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
14th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Figurative, Initial, Margin, Ornamental, Penwork
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G. L. Bursill-Hall, A Census of Medieval Latin Grammatical Manuscripts, Stuttgart 1981, p. 230.

Das Doctrinale des Alexander de Villa Dei, éd. D. Reichling, Berlin, 1893, p. CXXXVIII.

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