The following descriptions are available for this manuscript

  • Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1938, S. 75-76.
    Show standard description
  • Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 59.
    Show additional description
  • UCLA Reichenau-St. Gall Virtual Library
    (Additional description, currently displayed)
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 160
Creative Commons License

UCLA Reichenau-St. Gall Virtual Library, 2012.

OverviewFacsimileShow XMLPrint description
Manuscript title: Augustinus Hipponensis, Quaestionum in Heptateuchum libri septem
Place of origin: St. Gallen
Date of origin: AD 872-883 (Abbacy of Hartmut)
Support: Parchment
Extent: 296 leaves (pp. 1-594, skipping the numbers 423 and 424)
Format: 30.1-30.2 x 22.2-22.3 cm
Collation: Pp. 1-32 = I-II8, pp. 33-44 = III6, pp. 45-62 = IV10 (wants 1), pp. 63-110 = V-VII8, pp. 111-128 = VIII10 (wants a leaf?), pp. 129-240 = IX-XV8, pp. 241-258 = XVI10 (wants 3), pp. 259-386 = XVII-XXIV8, pp. 387-406 = XXV10, pp. 407-412 = XXVII4 (wants 2; there is no quire numbered XXVI), pp. 413-422 and 425-430 = XXVIII8 (there never was a leaf numbered 423-424), pp. 431-462 = XXIX-XXX8, pp. 463-470 = XXXI4, pp. 471-534 = XXXII-XXXV8, pp. 471-582 = XXXII-XXXVIII8, pp. 583-594 = XXIX6. Early quire numbers are visible in the lower margin of the last page of each quire.
Page layout: A single column of 24 lines (written space: 218-219 x 172-173 mm) (Bruckner).
Writing and hands: Written in a single Caroline hand dating from the abbacy of Hartmut (Bruckner).
Decoration: Rubrics in square capitals, rustics, and uncials.
Contents:
  • 1. p. 2-594 Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestionum in Heptateuchum libri septem >Incipiunt capitula quaestionum de libro geneseos.< I. De ciuitate quam condidit cain a quibus potuerit habitari. …–… ut quemadmodum ipsae linguae non intelleguntur nisi audiendo uel legendo discantur. Amen.
    Index Reference Number
    • CPL 270
    Editions
    • Augustinus Hipponensis. Quaestionum in Heptateuchum libri VII, ed. J. Zycha (CSEL 28.2). Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1895, p. 3-506. This MS is Zycha's MS S; edition also available on Google Books
    • Augustinus Hipponensis. Quaestionum in Heptateuchum libri VII, ed. J. Fraipont (CCSL 33). Turnhout: Brepols, 1958, p. 1-377.
    • Augustinus Hipponensis. Quæstionum in Heptateuchum libri septem. PL 34: 547-824. Google Books
    Translation
    • There is no published translation of this text into English; an Italian version is available online at: http://www.augustinus.it
    For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
    • 1_1. (p. 2-14) Capitula quaestionum de libro Geneseos >Incipiunt capitula quaestionum de libro geneseos.< I. De ciuitate quam condidit cain a quibus potuerit habitari. …
    • 1_2. (p. 14-112) Liber quaestionum Genesis >Incipit liber quaestionum sancti augustini episcopi in genesim.< Cum scripturas sanctas quae appellantur canonicae legendo et cum aliis codicibus secundum septuaginta interpretationem conferendo …
    • 1_3. (p. 113-270) Liber quaestionum Exodi >Incipiunt quaestiones exodi.< De obstetricum mendacio quo fefellerunt pharaonem ne occiderent masculos israhelitas quando nascebantur …
      • 1_3_1. (p. 238-270) Quaestio CLXXVII: Expositio Tabernaculi >Incipit de tabernaculo.< Quoniam liber qui exodus dicitur in constitutione tabernaculi sumit terminum de quo tabernaculo etiam per superiora eiusdem libri multa dicuntur …
    • 1_4. (p. 270-359) Liber quaestionum Leuitici >Incipiunt quaestiones leuitici.< Si autem anima peccauerit aut audierit uocem iurationis et ipse testis fuerit …
    • 1_5. (p. 359-425) Liber quaestionum Numeri >Incipiunt quaestiones numeri.< Quod est quod singulos de singulis elegi iubet principes eosque appellat chiliarcos quos quidam latini interpretes tribunos appellauerunt …
    • 1_6. (p. 425-484) Liber quaestionum Deuteronomii >Incipiunt quaestiones deuteronomii.< In eo quod commemorat moyses dixisse se populo timenti hostes inhabitantes terram quo introducendus fuit …
    • 1_7. (p. 484-523) Liber quaestionum Iesu Nave >Incipiunt quaestiones iesu naue.< Dominus dicit ad iesum naue et sicut eram cum mo\y/se ita ero tecum. Non solum autem hoc testimonio …
    • 1_8. (p. 523-594) Liber quaestionum Iudicum >Incipiunt quaestiones de libro iudicum.< In fine libri iesu naue breuiter narrator porrexit historiam quo usque filii israel …
Origin of the manuscript: St. Gallen; probably the copy referred to by a later addition to the 9th-c. booklist in CSG 728 (p. 9, upper margin).
Codicological Bibliography
  • Bruckner, Albert. Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica (Vol. 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 75-76.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibiliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875, p. 59. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
  • For further bibliography, see: IMB