Manuscript Summary:This undecorated manuscript for practical use, containing the commentary of Boethius on Aristotle's Categories (Categoriae), was written at the Abbey of St. Gall during the 11th century. On the last three pages is the beginning of Ovid's De arte amandi.(smu)
Standard description: Codices Boethiani, A Conspectus of manuscripts of the works of Boethius II, ed. by Smith Lesley, London-Turin 2001, p. 202-203, Nr. 58.
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Additional description: Lohr Carolus, Aristotelica Helvetica, Scrinium Friburgense (Sonderband 6), Freiburg 1994, S. 252.
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Additional description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 278.
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Online Since: 04/15/2010
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 821
Parchment · I + 96 + I pp. · 27.6 x 18.1 cm · St. Gall · 11th century
Boethius, Commentary on Aristotle's Categoriae; Ovid
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 821, Front cover – Boethius, Commentary on Aristotle's Categoriae; Ovid (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0821)
Codices Boethiani, A Conspectus of manuscripts of the works of Boethius II, ed. by Smith Lesley, London-Turin 2001, p. 202-203, Nr. 58.
Manuscript title: in Cat.
Place of origin: Germany or Switzerland
Date of origin: s. Xl
Support: Parchment
Extent:
i + 96 + i pages
Format: page 276 x 181 mm
Condition: A functional, undecorated book on rough parchment.
Page layout:
text 210-20 x 140 mm; 35-8 long lines, except for Ovid (pp. 94-96). Tituli, pp. 33 (bk II), 57 (bk III). Pages slashed horizontally and stitched with green thread, pp. 67-76.
Writing and hands: One scribe for pp. 2-93, similar scribes thereafter.
Decoration: Major initial missing, p. 2; minor initials in plain ink.
Additions: A few marginal headings, e.g. pp. 12-13. Miscellaneous notes throughout, but no systematic marginalia.