| Location: | St. Gallen |
| Library / Collection: | Stiftsbibliothek |
| Shelfmark: | Cod. Sang. 398 |
| Manuscript title: | Benedictiones episcopales |
| Caption: | Parchment · 220 pp. · 21.5-22 x 16 cm · Mainz · about the year 1000 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Manuscript summary: | A Benedictional from the diocese of Mainz, written and decorated with about 200 gold initials and a full-page miniature of Christ as Savior of the World; from about the year 1000, during the tenure of Archbishop Willigis (975-1011). Obtained by the Cloister of St. Gall at an unknown point in time (oldest evidence: in St. Gallen by about 1600). It contains the prayers of benediction to be sung by the bishop, ordered according to the church year. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.5076/e-codices-csg-0398 |
| Permanent link: | http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0398 |
| How to quote: | St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 398 : Benedictiones episcopales (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0398) |
| Online since: | 12/09/2008 |
| Additional literature: | Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
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