Manuscript Summary: An Engelberg copy of the historical work Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII by the ecclesiastical author Orosius. The Engelberg exemplar was commissioned under Abbot Frowin (1143-1178). It contains, among other items, noteworthy initials in the Engelberg book decoration style of the time and a large number of glosses. The manuscript is a meticulous copy from the St. Gall exemplar, Cod. 621 (9th century). This Engelberg manuscript later served as the master text for yet another copy, Cod. 60 of the Schaffhausen City Library (Schaffhauser Stadtbibliothek). (keg)
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Eisenhut Heidi, Die Glossen Ekkeharts IV. von St. Gallen im Codex Sangallensis 621 (Diss. Zürich 2006). St. Gallen, 2009 (Monasterium Sancti Galli 4). Show standard description
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07/31/2007
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1009
Parchment · 149 ff. · 31.5 x 21.5 cm · Engelberg · 1143-1178
Paulus Orosius, Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII
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Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1009, Spine – Paulus Orosius, Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bke/1009)
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