Einhardus (770-840)
This Einsiedeln codex contains the letter of Alexander to Aristotle, the life of Charlemagne by Einhard, and an account by Eberwinus of the life of the hermit Simeon of Trier. This manuscript, which was written during the first third of the 10th century and the second half of the 11th century, could have been produced in St. Gallen, or else in western or southern Germany.
Online Since: 07/31/2009
- Einhardus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Alexander III., Makedonien König (Author) | Eberwinus, Treverensis (Author) | Einhardus (Author) | Ligerz, Heinrich von (Librarian) Found in: Standard description
A summary presentation of Christian ethics by the early church father Ambrose (about 339 - 397), De officiis ministrorum. This copy is from around 900, probably not produced in the monastery of St. Gall. A short Psalter, a litany, and prayers precede the work by Ambrose.
Online Since: 12/09/2008
- Ambrosius, Mediolanensis (Author) | Einhardus (Author) | Gregorius, Nazianzenus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Ambrosius, Mediolanensis (Author) | Einhardus (Author) | Gregorius, Nazianzenus (Author) Found in: Additional description
Personal reference handbook (vade mecum) of Grimald of St. Gall (Abbot 841-872). This manuscript collection contains items of poetic, liturgical, computational, natural scientific, and historical content, including a calendar, an horology table (orologium), word explanations and definitions from various fields of knowledge, the names of the nymphs and muses, and a provincial directory for the area of St. Gall. About 40 different scribes added texts to this manuscript.
Online Since: 12/09/2008
- Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Einhardus (Author) | Fulgentius, Claudius Gordianus (Author) | Fulgentius, Fabius Planciades (Author) | Grimaldus, Sangallensis (Former possessor) | Schobinger, Bartholome (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Einhardus (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Einhardus (Author) | Fulgentius, Claudius Gordianus (Author) | Fulgentius, Fabius Planciades (Author) | Grimaldus, Sangallensis (Former possessor) | Schobinger, Bartholome (Former possessor) Found in: Additional description
This rather hefty tome (weighing nearly 17 Kilos) compiled around 1200 contains copies in Latin of major works of world-, church- and ethnic history; examples include the History of the World by Orosius, the ecclesiastical history of Eusebius of Caesarea, the Summa of Biblical history (Historica Scholastica) of the early Parisian scholastic Peter Comestor († ca. 1179), the history of the first crusade by Robert of Reims, the history of the Langobards by Paulus Diaconus, the History of the English Church and People by the Venerable Bede, and Einhard's Life of Charlemagne.
Online Since: 10/04/2011
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Einhardus (Author) | Erchanbertus (Author) | Eusebius, Caesariensis (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Johannes, Belethus (Author) | Orosius, Paulus (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Paulus, Diaconus (Author) | Petrus, Comestor (Author) | Robertus, Remensis (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Einhardus (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Einhardus (Author) | Erchanbertus (Author) | Eusebius, Caesariensis (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Johannes, Belethus (Author) | Orosius, Paulus (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Paulus, Diaconus (Author) | Petrus, Comestor (Author) | Robertus, Remensis (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Einhardus (Author) | Erchanbertus (Author) | Eusebius, Caesariensis (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Johannes, Belethus (Author) | Orosius, Paulus (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Paulus, Diaconus (Author) | Petrus, Comestor (Author) | Robertus, Remensis (Author) Found in: Additional description