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707/882
| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location St. Gallen |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. Sang. 981 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Richard of Saint Victor, Benjamin maior and Benjamin minor |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · 146 pp. · 29.5 x 21.5 cm · 14th century |
| Language: |
Language
Latin |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary Coming from the women’s convent near the church of Sankt Leonhard in Saint Gall (p. 4), this paper manuscript transmits two works by Richard of Saint Victor (ca. 1110-1173), considered as forerunners of fourteenth-century “speculative mysticism”. The first text, Benjamin maior (pp. 4a-97a), is also known under the name of De contemplatione [eiusque commendatione], as it appears on the label glued to the spine of the codex. Each of the five books starts with a painted initial that is larger than those introducing the paragraphs and extends into the margins. Then follows the same author’s Benjamin minor (pp. 97a-144a). The volume was copied by a single scribe who, while not leaving a name, copied a colophon common to many manuscripts: Explicit iste liber sit scriptor crimine liber. The last two columns of this volume (pp. 144b-145a) were copied by a different hand, which transcribes two chapters from the De spiritu et anima (inc.: Nobilis creatura est anima…, PL 40, col. 807-809), a text that was for a long time attributed to Augustine, but in fact dates to the twelfth century. The gothic binding dates from the 14th or 15th century. The wooden boards were covered with reused pieces of leather. |
| Standard description: | Standard description Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 371-372.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-csg-0981 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0981) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0981 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
http://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/csg-0981/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 981: Richard of Saint Victor, Benjamin maior and Benjamin minor (http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0981). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 05/31/2024 |
| Additional literature: | Additional literature Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
14th century |
| Decoration: |
Decoration
Initial, Margin, Ornamental, Tinted Drawing |
| Binding: |
Binding
14th century, 15th century |
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Rudolf Goy, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke Richards von St. Viktor im Mittelalter, Turnhout: Brepols, 2005, p. 264.