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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 255
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Bedæ: Hexaemeron libri II. Isidorus contra Iudæos libri II ad sororem Florentiam; Libellus S. Hieronymi de mansionibus filiorum Israel; Maccabæorum libri II.
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · 424 pp. · 24 x 17.5 cm · St. Gall · 9th century
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
A manuscript compilation of the shorter version of the Book of Genesis by the Venerable Bede (d. 735), together with the work Contra Iudaeos by Isidore of Seville, the letter De mansionibus filiorum Israhel (Epistula 78) by the church father Jerome, and a copy of the first and second Old Testament books of Maccabees, produced in the 9th century, probably in the Abbey of St. Gall. A noteworthy initial capital appears on page 232. (smu)
Standard description:
Standard description
Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1936, S. 75-76.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 96-97.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0255 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0255)
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https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0255
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 255: Bedæ: Hexaemeron libri II. Isidorus contra Iudæos libri II ad sororem Florentiam; Libellus S. Hieronymi de mansionibus filiorum Israel; Maccabæorum libri II. (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0255).
Online Since:
Online Since
07/31/2009
Additional literature:
Additional literature
Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
9th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Initial, Ornamental, Penwork
Liturgica christiana:
Liturgica christiana
Bible
Binding:
Binding
9th century, 15th century
With in situ fragment:
With in situ fragment
Offset
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Szirmai J. A., Carolingian Bindings in the Abbey Library of St Gall, in: Making the Medieval Book: Techniques of Production, ed. by L. L. Brownrigg. Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of The Seminar in the History of the Book to 1500, Oxford, July 1992, Anderson-Lovelace 1995, 157-179.

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