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  • Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 61.
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  • Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1938, S. 78.
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  • Janner Sara / Jurot Romain, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus, Band IX/2 Schweiz, Wien 2001, S. 134.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 172
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Manuscript title: Augustinus, Contra Faustum
Place of origin: St Gall (Bruckner)
Date of origin: s. IX ²∕₃ (Bruckner)
Support: Parchment, with wood and leather binding
Extent: 274 pp (203 is repeated)
Format: 334 x 275
Collation: Ninth-century quire signatures in red ink, running from I (p. 14) to XVI (p. 257); XIV is missing, but without a break in the text; the quires are quaterniones. (Bruckner)
Condition: Strong, well made and smoothed parchment; flesh side is white, hair side is yellowish with visible pores. HFHF. Drypoint ruling before folding.
Page layout: Two columns, 37 lines per. Each column measures 9.5-10 x 20.6-21.4 cm. (Bruckner)
Writing and hands: The codex is written by a beautiful, careful hand of the Grimald period, that is, c. 841-872. Rust-brown ink in the main text. Titles in red rustics. Red initials. (Bruckner)
Binding: Light brown leather binding, s. XV: 3 frets, 2 braided leather straps, and 2 brass pins on the cover. Contents notes on the front cover Duo libri Augustini contra faustum et manicheum (s. XV); spine Augustinus contra Faustum (s. XIX).
Contents:
  • 1. p. 3-273 Augustinus Hipponensis: Contra Faustum Manichaeum >Hic sunt libri ii sancti augustini contra faustum manicheum< Faustus quidam fuit gente afer ciuitate mileuitanus eloquio suauis …–… et catholici esse possitis. amen. Utere felix salus. amen. >Explicit liber aureliani augustini episcopi contra faustum manicheum. Secundum uolumen de uita patriarcharum uel figuris prophetarum.<
    • 1_1. (p. 3-170) Liber I [= CSEL 25, I-XXI] >Hic sunt libri ii sancti augustini contra faustum manicheum< Faustus quidam fuit gente afer ciuitate mileuitanus eloquio suauis …–… non sustinentes ad fabulas conuertuntur. >Aureli augustini aduersus faustum manicheum uolumen primum explicit.<
    • 1_2. (p. 170-273) Liber II [= CSEL 25, XXII-XXXIII] >Incipit aduersus eum uel aduersus eius heresem de uita patriarcharum uolumen secundum< Faustus dixit Cur legem blasphematis et prophetas …–… et catholici esse possitis. amen. Utere felix salus. amen. >Explicit liber aureliani augustini episcopi contra faustum manicheum. Secundum uolumen de uita patriarcharum uel figuris prophetarum.<
    Index Reference Numbers
    • CPL 321
    Editions
    • S. Aurelius Augustinus. Contra Faustum ed. J. Zycha (CSEL 25/1). Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1891, p. 251.4-797.7. Google Books Critical edition using this manuscript, reporting it by siglum G
    • S. Aurelius Angustinus Hipponensis. Contra Faustum Manichaeum. PL 42: 207-518.
    Translation
    • St. Augustin. Reply to Faustus the Manichaean, trans. R. Stothert (A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 4). Buffalo: Christian Literature Company, 1887, p. 155-345. Google Books
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
Origin of the manuscript: Maybe the book identified in a mid-9th-century St Gall catalogue ‘Augustini contra Faustum Manicheum’ [Lehmann, MBKDS, p. 74.21], or the Grimald catalogue ‘Contra Faustum Manicheum libros duos in volumine I’ [Lehmann, MBKDS, p. 83.33]. [Bruckner / RMP]
Codicological Bibliography
  • Janner, Sara und Romain Jurot. Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des heiligen Augustinus. IX/2: Schweiz (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Sitzungsberichte 688). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2001, p. 134.
  • Bruckner, Albert. Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz: St. Gallen II (Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 78.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: 1875, p. 61. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen