Possidius, Calamensis († post 437)
This codex contains over a hundred lives of the saints and acts of the martyrs, most of them accompanied by rubricated initials and incipits. Aside from a few decorated initials, also red, there is no book decoration. The layout of the manuscript and the careful preparation of the parchment with artful colored needlework express the tradition of the scriptorium under Abbot Frowin (1143-1178). The staid script in black ink, often interrupted by another finer hand, sets this volume apart from the others from Frowin's library; it is therefore also possible that this codex was made under Frowin's successor, Berchtold (1178-1197).
Online Since: 06/09/2011
- Possidius, Calamensis (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Possidius, Calamensis (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Abdias, Babylonius (Author) | Alcuinus, Flaccus (Author) | Constantius, Lugdunensis (Author) | Flodoardus, Remensis (Author) | Godescalcus (Author) | Gregorius, Turonensis (Author) | Jonas, Bobiensis (Author) | Leo I, Papa (Author) | Odo, Glannafoliensis (Author) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) | Theodorus, Cantuariensis (Author) | Ursinus, Locogiacensis (Author) | Venantius, Fortunatus (Author) | Walahfridus, Strabo (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Abdias, Babylonius (Author) | Alcuinus, Flaccus (Author) | Constantius, Lugdunensis (Author) | Flodoardus, Remensis (Author) | Godescalcus (Author) | Gregorius, Turonensis (Author) | Jonas, Bobiensis (Author) | Leo I, Papa (Author) | Odo, Glannafoliensis (Author) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) | Theodorus, Cantuariensis (Author) | Ursinus, Locogiacensis (Author) | Venantius, Fortunatus (Author) | Walahfridus, Strabo (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Abdias, Babylonius (Author) | Alcuinus, Flaccus (Author) | Constantius, Lugdunensis (Author) | Flodoardus, Remensis (Author) | Godescalcus (Author) | Gregorius, Turonensis (Author) | Jonas, Bobiensis (Author) | Leo I, Papa (Author) | Odo, Glannafoliensis (Author) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) | Theodorus, Cantuariensis (Author) | Ursinus, Locogiacensis (Author) | Venantius, Fortunatus (Author) | Walahfridus, Strabo (Author) Found in: Additional description
This single-column manuscript contains five partly incomplete texts by Augustine; it consists of two parts that clearly differ from one another, but that have been a single unit since before 1100, as can be seen from the entry in the Allerheiligen Abbey register of books from about 1100 (Min. 17, f. 306v). While the second part (69 ff.) is undecorated, the first part has an incipit page and an initial with scroll ornamentation. In the 15th century this codex, like many others, received a new leather binding with an inscribed front cover, metal bosses and a clasp, as well as a title label on 1r; a fragment from a 12th century missal with neumes was used for the front pastedown.
Online Since: 06/25/2015
- Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) Found in: Standard description
Composite manuscript of hagiographic character containing the lives of Saints Colomban, Eustacius, Gall, Otmar, Nicholas of Myre, Augustine, Meinrad, Walburga, Sigismond, Alexis, and Aper as well as a commentary on the Gospel of Matthew by Remigius of Auxerre.
Online Since: 12/19/2011
- Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Fulgentius, Claudius Gordianus (Author) | Johannes, Diaconus Neapolitanus (Author) | Jonas, Bobiensis (Author) | Leo I, Papa (Author) | Maximus, Taurinensis (Author) | Paulus, Neapolitanus (Author) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) | Remigius, Altissiodorensis (Author) | Walahfridus, Strabo (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Fulgentius, Claudius Gordianus (Author) | Johannes, Diaconus Neapolitanus (Author) | Jonas, Bobiensis (Author) | Leo I, Papa (Author) | Maximus, Taurinensis (Author) | Paulus, Neapolitanus (Author) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) | Remigius, Altissiodorensis (Author) | Walahfridus, Strabo (Author) Found in: Additional description
Manuscript compilation from the second half of the 9th century, predominated by lives of the early Christian and early Frankish saints. The codex contains, among other items, the life history of St. Augustine written by Possidius as well as a catalog of the writings of Augustine, a copy of the life history of St. Remaclus with dedicatory letter and prologue (from the 11th century), and the lives of Saints Sualo (an Anglo-Saxon who lived at Einsiedeln), Pelagius, and Purchard.
Online Since: 12/09/2008
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Ermenricus, Elwangensis (Author) | Grimaldus, Sangallensis (Author) | Herigerus, Lobiensis (Author) | Johannes, Chrysostomus (Author) | Notker, Balbulus (Author) | Notker, Leodiensis (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Possidius, Calamensis (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Ermenricus, Elwangensis (Author) | Grimaldus, Sangallensis (Author) | Herigerus, Lobiensis (Author) | Johannes, Chrysostomus (Author) | Notker, Balbulus (Author) | Notker, Leodiensis (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) Found in: Additional description
The St. Gall Passionarium novum: a large-format manuscript containing the lives of early Christian, early German and Carolingian saints, written in the cloister at St. Gall during the 9th and 10th centuries. This volume includes the oldest known, and indeed the best surviving copies of the life histories of saints Meinrad, Odilia, Hilarius, Trudpert, Verena, Leodgar and Pirmin.
Online Since: 07/31/2009
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Berno, Augiensis (Author) | Erchenbaldus, Argentinensis (Author) | Gennadius, Massiliensis (Author) | Paulinus, Mediolanensis (Author) | Paulinus, Petricordiensis (Author) | Paulus, Neapolitanus (Author) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) | Sophronius, Hierosolymitanus (Author) | Ursinus, Locogiacensis (Author) | Venantius, Fortunatus (Author) | Willibaldus, Moguntinensis (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Berno, Augiensis (Author) | Erchenbaldus, Argentinensis (Author) | Gennadius, Massiliensis (Author) | Paulinus, Mediolanensis (Author) | Paulinus, Petricordiensis (Author) | Paulus, Neapolitanus (Author) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) | Sophronius, Hierosolymitanus (Author) | Ursinus, Locogiacensis (Author) | Venantius, Fortunatus (Author) | Willibaldus, Moguntinensis (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Possidius, Calamensis (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Berno, Augiensis (Author) | Erchenbaldus, Argentinensis (Author) | Gennadius, Massiliensis (Author) | Paulinus, Mediolanensis (Author) | Paulinus, Petricordiensis (Author) | Paulus, Neapolitanus (Author) | Possidius, Calamensis (Author) | Sophronius, Hierosolymitanus (Author) | Ursinus, Locogiacensis (Author) | Venantius, Fortunatus (Author) | Willibaldus, Moguntinensis (Author) Found in: Additional description