Cod. Sang. 398, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, Benedictiones episcopales – Document Overview – e-codices – Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland

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Country of Location:	Country of Location Switzerland
Location:	Location St. Gallen
Library / Collection:	Library / Collection Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:	Shelfmark Cod. Sang. 398
Manuscript Title:	Manuscript Title Benedictiones episcopales
Caption:	Caption Parchment · 220 pp. · 21.5-22 x 16 cm · Mainz · about the year 1000
Language:	Language Latin
Manuscript Summary:	Manuscript Summary A Benedictional from the diocese of Mainz, written and decorated with about 200 gold initials and a full-page miniature of Christ as Savior of the World; from about the year 1000, during the tenure of Archbishop Willigis (975-1011). Obtained by the Cloister of St. Gall at an unknown point in time (oldest evidence: in St. Gall by about 1600). It contains the prayers of benediction to be sung by the bishop, ordered according to the church year. (smu)
Standard description:	Standard description Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 136. Show standard description
DOI (Digital Object Identifier):	DOI (Digital Object Identifier) 10.5076/e-codices-csg-0398 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0398)
Permanent link:	Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0398
IIIF Manifest URL:	IIIF Manifest URL https://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/csg-0398/manifest.json
How to quote:	How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 398: Benedictiones episcopales (/en/list/one/csg/0398).
Online Since:	Online Since 12/09/2008
Additional literature:	Additional literature newer_literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Document Type:	Document Type Manuscript
Century:	Century 10th century , 11th century
Decoration:	Decoration Figurative , Full Page , Fully Painted , Gold / Silver , Initial , Ornamental
Liturgica christiana:	Liturgica christiana Benedictional

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Jesús Rodríguez Viejo, "The Performative Manuscript: Art, Agency, and Public Ritual in Ottonian Mainz," Journal of Ecclesiastical History 70.2 (2019): 229-64.

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