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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Engelberg
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. 87
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Aurelii Augustini De doctrina christiana libri quatuor
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · 95 ff. · 22.6 x 15.4 cm · Engelberg · 1143-1178
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
The manuscript contains the four books of Augustine's On Christian Doctrine. An artistically decorated initial in red, black and green ink, followed by a line in decorative capitals, appears at the beginning of the proemium (2r), as well as of the first (5r) and fourth books (64v). The second and third book are divided by a simpler red decorative initial and a first line that has been accentuated in red ink. The appearance of the script, in a black-brown ink, is clean and balanced; the first change in hand appears in a collection of opinions of the Church fathers that has been added (probably later) on 94r-95r. On 1r a two-line dedicatory verse names Abbot Frowin of Engelberg (1143-1178) as having commissioned the work. (grd)
Standard description:
Standard description
P. Benedictus Gottwald, Catalogus codicum manu scriptorum qui asservantur in Bibliotheca Monasterii O.S.B. Engelbergensis in Helvetia, Freiburg im Breisgau 1891, p. 106-107.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Janner Sara / Jurot Romain, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus, Band IX/2 Schweiz, Wien 2001, S. 103.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 8, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, Stift Engelberg, Genf 1950, S. 125.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550, 
Bd. II: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken Bern-Porrentruy, bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, 
Dietikon-Zürich 1983, Nr. 254, S. 93-94.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-bke-0087 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-bke-0087)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/bke/0087
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
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How to quote:
How to quote
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 87: Aurelii Augustini De doctrina christiana libri quatuor (https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/bke/0087).
Online Since:
Online Since
10/04/2011
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
12th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Figurative, Initial, Ornamental, Penwork
Binding:
Binding
12th century
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