St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 821

Codices Boethiani, A Conspectus of manuscripts of the works of Boethius II, ed. by Smith Lesley, London-Turin 2001, p. 202-203, Nr. 58.

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Manuscript title: in Cat.

Place of origin: Germany or Switzerland

Date of origin: s. Xl

Support: Parchment

Extent: i + 96 + i pages

Format: page 276 x 181 mm

Page layout: text 210-20 x 140 mm; 35-8 long lines, except for Ovid (pp. 94-96). Tituli, pp. 33 (bk II), 57 (bk III). Pages slashed horizontally and stitched with green thread, pp. 67-76.

Writing and hands: One scribe for pp. 2-93, similar scribes thereafter.

Decoration: Major initial missing, p. 2; minor initials in plain ink.

Additions: A few marginal headings, e.g. pp. 12-13. Miscellaneous notes throughout, but no systematic marginalia.

Binding: Cheap s. xviii binding.

Contents:

A functional, undecorated book on rough parchment.

P. 1 s. xviii mid contents list;
2-93 in Cat.
94-96 Ovid: Ars amatoria i.1-230, mutilated at end.

Provenance of the manuscript: Germany or Switzerland. St Gall (stamp, p. 1).

Bibliography:

Scherrer, p. 278;
AL, 1164;
E. J. Kenney, 'The Manuscript Tradition of Ovid's Amores,Ars Amatoria, and Remedia Amoris', The Classical Quarterly, n.s. 12, 1962, pp. 1-31 [2];
Munk Olsen, Il, pp. 162-3;
Lohr, AH, p. 252.

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek

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