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442/890
442/890
| 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. 547 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Large-format St. Gall Compendium of History from about 1200 |
| Caption: | Caption Parchment · 662 pp. · 53 x 35 cm · Cloister of St. Gall · around 1200 |
| Language: |
Language
Latin |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary This rather hefty tome (weighing nearly 17 Kilos) compiled around 1200 contains copies in Latin of major works of world-, church- and ethnic history; examples include the History of the World by Orosius, the ecclesiastical history of Eusebius of Caesarea, the Summa of Biblical history (Historica Scholastica) of the early Parisian scholastic Peter Comestor († ca. 1179), the history of the first crusade by Robert of Reims, the history of the Langobards by Paulus Diaconus, the History of the English Church and People by the Venerable Bede, and Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne. |
| Standard description: | Standard description Scarpatetti Beat Matthias von, Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Bd. 1: Abt. IV: Codices 547-669: Hagiographica, Historica, Geographica, 8.- 18. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden 2003, S. 3-7.Show standard description |
| Additional description: | Additional description Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 167-168.Show additional description |
| Additional description: | Additional description Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1938, S. 107.Show additional description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-csg-0547 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0547) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/csg/0547 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.unifr.ch./metadata/iiif/csg-0547/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 547: Large-format St. Gall Compendium of History from about 1200 (https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/csg/0547). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 10/04/2011 |
| Additional literature: | Additional literature Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
12th century, 13th century |
| Decoration: |
Decoration
Initial, Ornamental, Penwork |
| Binding: |
Binding
12th century, 13th century, 15th century |
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