Select manuscript from this collection: Cod. Sang. 1  Cod. Sang. 193 Cod. Sang. 195  Cod. Sang. 2135  179/855

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 194
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Composite manuscript; palimpsest
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · II + 233 + IV pp. · 18 x 12 cm; 24 x 18 cm; 17.7 x 12 cm · southern France or Spain; St. Gall · around 700 and first half of the 8th century
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
Early homiletic manuscript collection from the monastery of St. Gall, written on stiff, poorly smoothed, unevenly cut and damaged parchment, already previously used, overwritten in the first half of the 8th century with the sermons of Caesarius of Arles and the Synonyma of Isidore of Seville. Underlying script (Merovingian): a significant copy of the Old Testament Books of Wisdom, written in about 700 in southern France or Spain. This is among the oldest books preserved by the monastery of St. Gall. (smu)
Standard description:
Standard description
Lowe Elias Avery, Codices Latini Antiquiores. A palaeographical guide to latin manuscripts prior to the ninth century. Part VII: Switzerland, Oxford 1956 (Osnabrück 1982), p. 24.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 71-72.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0194 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0194)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0194
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
IIIF Drag-n-drop https://www.e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/csg-0194/manifest.json
How to quote:
How to quote
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 194: Composite manuscript; palimpsest (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0194).
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
8th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Initial, Ornamental, Penwork
Liturgica christiana:
Liturgica christiana
Bible
Codicology:
Codicology
Palimpsest
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