St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 981, p. 44 – Richard of Saint Victor, Benjamin maior and Benjamin minor
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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: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 371-372.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 981
Paper · 146 pp. · 29.5 x 21.5 cm · 14th century
Richard of Saint Victor, Benjamin maior and Benjamin minor
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 981, p. 44 – Richard of Saint Victor, Benjamin maior and Benjamin minor (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0981)
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 371-372.
Manuscript title: Richardus de S. Victore Liber Benjamin major et minor
Date of origin: s. XIV
Support: Papier
Extent:
146 Seiten
Format: 2°
Page layout:
zweispaltig
Writing and hands:
von Einer Hand
Contents:
Ersteres in 5 Büchern. u. d. Tit.:
>De tabernaculo federis et eius pertinentiis. Incipit tractatus magistri Richardi de S. Victore de contemplacione eiusque commendacione<
; letzteres ohne Ueber- und Unterschrift.
Opp. Rich. de S. Vict. (Rouen 1650 F.) I, 147 und 114; cf. Liebner Rich. a S. Vict. de contempl. doctrina Gött. 1837. 4°.
Provenance of the manuscript: Iste liber est eccl. S. Leonardi s. Galli (p. 4).
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