Select manuscript from this collection: Cod. Sang. 1  Cod. Sang. 977 Cod. Sang. 983  Cod. Sang. 2135  707/882

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
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. (rou)
Standard description:
Standard description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 371-372.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0981 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0981)
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http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0981
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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
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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.

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