Manuscript Summary: This manuscript, listed in the supplements to the Allerheiligen Abbey register of books from about 1100 (Min. 17, f. 306v), consists of two parts. The first part contains a careful copy of Gregory’s Dialogues in a single-column, which is also transmitted in Min. 47; it has a page with a decorative initial (f 1r) and a portrait of the author (f 1v). Especially remarkable are the life of Benedict in Book 2 (f 23r) and the beginnings of Book 3 (38r) and 4 (69r), which exhibit large initials with scroll ornamentation. The binding is Romanesque; it is not clear whether quire V between f 32v and f 33r was missing from the start or whether it was lost during a modern restoration. The second part (from f 104r, quires XV to XVIII) contains a mostly undecorated copy of the life of John Eleymon by Leontios of Neapolis. (spe)
Standard description:
Gamper Rudolf / Knoch-Mund Gaby / Stähli Marlis, Katalog der mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Ministerialbibliothek Schaffhausen, Dietikon-Zürich 1994, S. 141-142. Show standard description
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10/13/2016
Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 48
Parchment · 134 ff. · 31.5 x 22 cm · Schaffhausen · around 1100
Gregorius I. Papa
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Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 48, Rear paste-down + Back cover – Gregorius I. Papa (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/sbs/min0048)
