Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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Location: |
Location St. Gallen |
Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
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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. |
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 http://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/csg/0398 |
IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
http://e-codices.unifr.ch./metadata/iiif/csg-0398/manifest.json
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How to quote: | How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 398: Benedictiones episcopales (http://e-codices.unifr.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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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.