Manuscript Summary:This manuscript, probably not written in St. Gall, contains Cicero’s Topica on pp. 1-21 (defective at the end), and Boethius’ commentary on that work on pp. 21-216. On the inside of the front cover, one can discern the negative impression of a page from the Edictum Rothari (Cod. Sag. 730, p. 17).(sno)
Standard description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 289.
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Additional description: Codices Boethiani, A Conspectus of manuscripts of the works of Boethius II, ed. by Smith Lesley, London-Turin 2001, p. 208.
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Online Since: 12/13/2013
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 854
Parchment · 216 pp. · 21 x 17.8 cm · 11th century
Cicero, Topica; Boethius, Commentary on Cicero's Topica
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 854, p. 1 – Cicero, Topica; Boethius, Commentary on Cicero's Topica (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0854)
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 289.
Date of origin: s. XI
Support: Pgm.
Extent:
216 Seiten
Format: 4°
Collation:
Signatur von I-XIII an der untern äussern Ecke.
Writing and hands: Von einer Hand.
Contents:
1.
S. 1-21Topica Ciceronis
desunt §§ 71-100; cf. Ed. Orelli I, p. VII ed. 2, wo diese Hs. benutzt ist.
2.
S. 21-216>Incipit commentarius A. M. Boetii … in topicas [sic] T. Ciceronis< …
Libri VI. Vollständig, soweit erhalten. Opp. ed. Basil. 1546 p. 758 - 852, wo der Schluss lautet: ‘talis etiam fortuitarum rerum concursio est’; dagegen in den St. Galler Hss.:
talis est vis fortuitarum rerum.
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