Select manuscript from this collection: Cod. Sang. 1  Cod. Sang. 397 Cod. Sang. 399  Cod. Sang. 2135  348/855

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.
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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
http://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0398
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
IIIF Drag-n-drop http://www.e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/csg-0398/manifest.json
How to quote:
How to quote
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 398: Benedictiones episcopales (http://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0398).
Online Since:
Online Since
12/09/2008
Additional literature:
Additional literature
Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Rights
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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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