Manuscript Summary:The parchment manuscript contains Alexander of Villedieu’s Doctrinale with the commentary of Master Bertholdus Turicensis. The colophon (p. 123) states the name of this commentator from Zurich, and of the copyist, a certain “Hermannus”, but nothing more is known about them. The volume, laid out in two columns, is carefully articulated: every hexameter of the Doctrinale is generally divided into paragraphs of one or more verses and is copied in a larger size than the commentaries that follow. This commentary is more or less as long as the verses and is moreover full of abbreviations, unlike the text being commented. Elegant pen-flourished initials, typical of upper-Rhine illuminations of the beginning of the fourteenth century, appear throughout this copy. The seal of abbot Diethelm Blarer (p. 59) confirms that the book was at the Abbey Library since 1553–1564 at the latest.(rou)
Standard description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 316.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 901
Parchment · II+ 120 + II pp. · 28 x 19.5 cm · 1st third of the 14th century
Alexander de Villa Dei: Doctrinale
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 901, Front cover – Alexander de Villa Dei: Doctrinale (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0901)
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 316.
Manuscript title: Doctrinale Alexandri cum expositione mag. Bertholdi Turicensis
Date of origin: s. XIV
Support: Pgm.
Extent:
124 Seiten
Format: 2°
Page layout:
zweispaltig zu 78 Zeilen
Writing and hands:
der Text in grösserer Schrift, der Commentar in kleiner, mit vielen bunten Anfangsbuchstaben. Schrift, der Commentar in kleiner, mit vielen bunten Anfangsbuchstaben. Geschrieben von ‘Hermannus’ (p. 123).
Contents:
Am Ende:
Et in hoc terminatur expositio huius libri a magistro Bertholdo Thuricensi compilata. Hermanni Christe scriptoris tu miserere Amen. O Jesu Christe salvator Amen.