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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 240
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Isidorus. Proœmia in V. et N. T., de vita et obitu sanctorum.
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · 308 pp. · 30.7-31 x 20.5-20.8 cm · St. Gall · 9th century
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
A copy of a collection of texts by Isidore of Seville (d. 636), including De natura rerum, produced in the women's cloister of Chelles on the Marne east of Paris in, or shortly after 800. The copy of the work De natura rerum in this manuscript includes a very simple world map (Mappa mundi) as well as a so-called “Knopfkarte” (a chart composed of multiple connected circles). (smu)
Standard description:
Standard description
Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1936, S. 73.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 87-88.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0240 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0240)
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http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0240
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 240: Isidorus. Proœmia in V. et N. T., de vita et obitu sanctorum. (http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0240).
Online Since:
Online Since
07/31/2009
Additional literature:
Additional literature
Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
9th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Full Page, Penwork, Schematic, Text Block
Binding:
Binding
9th century
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Szirmai J. A., Carolingian Bindings in the Abbey Library of St Gall, in: Making the Medieval Book: Techniques of Production, ed. by L. L. Brownrigg. Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of The Seminar in the History of the Book to 1500, Oxford, July 1992, Anderson-Lovelace 1995, 157-179.

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