Manuscripts

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 555 Adomnán, Vita sancti Columbae (abridged)

Latin
s. ixⁱⁿ
Continental manuscripts
vellum

Early 9th-century manuscript of an abridged version of Adomnán’s Vita sancti Columbae

General
Texts

Identifiers

Location

Switzerland St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek

Shelfmark

555

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Latin

Date

s. ixⁱⁿ

early 9th century

Hands, scribes

Codicological information

Material

vellum

Dimensions

19/19.5 cm x 14/14.5 cm

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Continental manuscripts

Sources

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

[dig. img.] Flüeler, Christoph [project director], and Urs Baumann [photographer], e-codices: virtual manuscript library of Switzerland, Online: University of Freiburg, 2006–present. URL: <http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch>.

direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Euw, Anton von, Die St. Galler Buchkunst vom 8. bis zum Ende des 11. Jahrhunderts, 2 vols, Monasterium Sancti Galli, 3, St. Gallen: Verlag am Klosterhof, 2008.

Vol. 1, 357–358 direct link

Scarpatetti, Beat Matthias von, Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, vol. 1.4: Codices 547–669: hagiographica, historica, geographica, 8.–18. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden, 2003.

27 direct link

Scherrer, Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen: Codices 1–1725, Halle: Waisenhaus, 1875.

175 direct link