Composite manuscript containing, among others, alphabetically ordered excerpts of texts by church fathers and a characterization of peoples in Medieval Latin verses
Description
This manuscript in its original limp vellum binding contains as its
main part (pp. 1-88; index p. 93) alphabetically ordered excerpts
in Latin from writings by church fathers on various theological
concepts (De abiectione – De voto). These are followed by shorter
texts. On p. 89 there is a little-know characterization of peoples
and tribes (especially from regions within Germany) in Medieval
Latin verses; it is titled Versus de provinciis and it begins with
Roma potens, reverenda Ravenna, Britannia pauper. Pp. 90-92
preserve a letter from a Parisian university teacher (Epistola
cuiusdam egregii magistri parisiensis) about the evil of property,
followed by an interpretation of the Lord's Prayer in Latin (pp.
94-100) and by more spiritual-ascetic texts in Latin (pp. 106-112)
and in German. The table of contents on the inside front cover was
written by Fr. Jodocus Metzler (1574−1639), longtime abbey
librarian.
Place
Preferred form
Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland) (?)
Original form
Monastery of St. Gall (?)
Rights
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
