| Country | Location, Library | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Überlingen, Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek | 1 |
| Austria | St. Paul in Kärnten, Stiftsbibliothek St. Paul im Lavanttal | 1 |
| Country | Location, Library | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| France | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France | 1 |
| United States of America | Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art | 1 |
| Russia | St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia | 1 |
Number of manuscripts: 5
Sion/Sitten, Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv, Ms. 1
Parchment · I+257+I ff. · 46.5 x 33.5 cm · Sion/Sitten, Cathedral Chapter · 1347
Antiphonary with musical notation whose text transmits the Sion Ordinary, contains the Winter portion of the Proprium de tempore and, as an appendix, the Officium Defunctorum. This two-part parchment codex was probably written in the year 1347 by the same hand that produced Codex Ms. 2, held by the Sion Chapter Archive.
Sion/Sitten, Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv, Ms. 2
Parchment · 311 ff. · 46.5 x 32 cm · Sion/Sitten, Cathedral Chapter · 1347
This antiphonary with musical notation from the year 1347 is by the same hand as Codex Ms. 1 from the Sion Chaper Archive. The manuscript contains the Officium visitationes BMV, the Proprium de sanctis (from Andreas to Katharina), the Commune sanctorum and, in a section that was added later, additional short texts. Like the Proprium de tempore in Codex Ms. 1, the text in this antiphonary transmits the Sion Ordinary.
Sion/Sitten, Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv, Ms. 15
Parchment · 208 ff. · 58,3 x 37,7 cm · central Italy · mid-11th century
This manuscript, the end of which is damaged, belongs to the genre of giant bibles, created in central Italy between the mid-11th and mid-12th centuries in the context of the so-called Gregorian reform. Thus, as we encounter it today, this manuscript presents the first volume of a complete bible, which was composed of two separate and independent volumes. The second volume is missing at this time. The giant bible of Sion contains the first part of the Old Testament according to the Vulgate: the Octateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth), the books of Kings, the Major Prophets, the twelve Minor Prophets, Job, and in the last part an incomplete selection of Psalms (Ps. 1-93:22a). This bible has been held since its creation in the Cathedral Chapter Archive of Sion, to which it was probably presented by Bishop Ermenfroid (1055-1087/1092), who was among the chief originators of the Gregorian reform in the dioceses of the second kingdom of Burgundy.
Sion/Sitten, Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv, Ms. 19
Parchment · 150 ff. · 35.5 x 26 cm · Sion/Sitten, Cathedral Chapter · 1439
This Missale Speciale Sedunense was written for the Sion bishop William of Raron (Guillermus de Rarognia) († 1451) in 1439 by Johannes Thieboudi. The parchment codex contains, in addition to a calendar, the Proprium de tempore, the Ordo et canon missae, the Commune sanctorum, the Proprium de sanctis (from Hilarius to Thomas the Apostle) and the Missae pro defunctis. An appendix includes three votive masses.
Sion/Sitten, Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv, Ms. 120
Parchment · 158 ff. · 25,5 x 19,0 cm · first half of the 9th century
This manuscript of a systematic collection of Canon Law, created in Lyon in the context of the Carolingian church reform that took place around 800. This collection is named the "Dacheriana" after its primary editor, the Frenchman Jean-Luc d'Achéry. It was written in a Carolingian minuscule during the first half of the 9th century and is the oldest manuscript held by the library of the Chapter Archive of Sion, where is has been held since at least the 16th or 17th century (ownership mark on fol. 2r).