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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 559, p. 127 – Lives of Ancient Roman Saints (http://www.e-codices.unifr.chen/csg/0559/127)

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 559

Parchment · 266 pp. · 28 x 21.5 cm · St. Gall · around 900

Lives of Ancient Roman Saints

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Language: Latin

Manuscript Summary: A collection of lives of ancient Roman saints (among them Sebastian, Agnes and Emerentia, Agatha, Lucia, Blandina) as well as a copy of the Vita of Saint Vedastus, Bishop of Arras, by Alcuin of York. The manuscript contains the sermon “De ieiunio” (On fasting) by St. Ambrose. The codex was written in about 900, most likely at the Abbey of St. Gall. (smu)

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. 38-40.
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Additional description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 177.
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Online Since: 12/21/2009

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 559

Parchment · 266 pp. · 28 x 21.5 cm · St. Gall · around 900

Lives of Ancient Roman Saints

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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 559, p. 127 – Lives of Ancient Roman Saints (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0559)

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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 559

Parchment · 266 pp. · 28 x 21.5 cm · St. Gall · around 900

Lives of Ancient Roman Saints

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