St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 173
Titolo del codice:
, Contra Faustum.
Luogo di origine: St Gall (Bruckner)
Datazione: s. IX ²∕₃ (Bruckner)
Supporto materiale:
Parchment, with leather and wooden binding.
Dimensioni:
399 pp
Formato: 377-378 x 270-272 mm
Composizione dei fascicoli:
Quire signatures (some in red) run from II (p. 31) to VI (p. 95); mostly quaterniones, with the exception of pp. 208-227 (quinio), and pp. 370-379 (ternio). (Bruckner)
Condizione: Strong, well made and smoothed parchment; flesh side is white, hair side is yellowish with visible pores and brown spots, a few holes. HFHF. Drypoint ruling, sometimes invisible, before folding.
Disposizione della pagina:
Two columns, 31 lines per. Each column measures 10.3-10.7 (8.1-9) x 25.2-25.3 cm. (Bruckner)
Tipo di scrittura e mani: Beautiful, clear and wide minuscule of the Grimald period, that is, c. 841-872. Rust-brown to black ink. Titles in red rustics. Red initial on p. 2 (Bruckner)
Legatura:
Binding in dark brown smooth leather, with the back having been replaced s. XV or XVI. No frets, two original closures are now replaced by a modern leather buckle with brass plates, and a brass pin on the front cover. Original paste-down at the front, but in the rear we find a paper replacement. Spine contents note (s. XIX): S. Augustini contra Faustum Manichoeum.
Contenuto:
- 1.
p. 2-399
Contra Faustum Manichaeum
>Hic sunt Libri ii sancti augustini contra faustum manicheum<
Faustus quidam fuit gente afer ciuitate mileuitanus eloquio suauis …–…
et catholici esse possitis amen.
>Explicit liber aurelii augustiani episcopi contra faustum manicheum secundus. de uita Patriarcharum Uel figuris prophetarum deo gratias amen.<
- 1_1. (p. 2-246) Liber I [= CSEL 25, I-XXI] >Hic sunt Libri ii sancti augustini contra faustum manicheum< Faustus quidam fuit gente afer ciuitate mileuitanus eloquio suauis …–… non sustinentes ad fabulas conuertuntur. >Aurelii augustini aduersus faustum manicheum uolumen primum explicit.<
- 1_2. (p. 246-399) Liber II [= CSEL 25, XXII-XXXIII] >Incipit aduersus eundem uel eius heresim de uita patriarcharum uolumen ii< Faustus dixit Cur legem blasphematis et prophetas …–… et catholici esse possitis amen. >Explicit liber aurelii augustiani episcopi contra faustum manicheum secundus. de uita Patriarcharum Uel figuris prophetarum deo gratias amen.<
Index Reference Numbers- CPL 321
Editions- S. Aurelius Augustinus. Contra Faustum ed. J. Zycha (CSEL 25/1). Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1891, p. 251.4-797.7. Google Books Critical edition using this manuscript, reporting it by siglum S.
- S. Aurelius Angustinus Hipponensis. Contra Faustum Manichaeum. PL 42: 207-518.
Translation- St. Augustin. Reply to Faustus the Manichaean, trans. R. Stothert (A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 4). Buffalo: Christian Literature Company, 1887, p. 155-345. Google Books
Bibliography
Origine del manoscritto:
May be the book identified in a mid-9th-century St Gall catalogue ‘Augustini contra Faustum Manicheum’
[Lehmann, MBKDS, p. 74.21], or the Grimald catalogue ‘Contra Faustum Manicheum libros duos in volumine I’ [Lehmann, MBKDS, p. 83.33]. [ruckner / RMP]
Codicological Bibliography
- Janner, Sara und Romain Jurot. Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des heiligen Augustinus. IX/2: Schweiz (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Sitzungsberichte 688). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2001, p. 134.
- Bruckner, Albert. Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz: St. Gallen II (Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 78.
- Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: 1875, p. 61-2. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen