This manuscript was most likely produced in the 10th or early 11th
century (ex info. Michael Gullick; but dated to the 2nd quarter of
the 9th century by Bischoff, Katalog , II (2004), no. 2414). It
contains a collection of three of the works that are commonly
referred to by the title De Trinitate (On the Trinity) and were
associated with St Athanasius of Alexandria (b. c. 296, d. 373)
during the Middle Ages. After the Middle Ages, these works were
ascribed to other authors, contemporary or near-contemporary with
St Athanasius, who were similarly connected with Trinitarianism:
for example, Vigilius of Thapsus (fl. c. 484), Bishop of Thapsus
(see Patrologia Latina 62, pp. 237-334 (Books 1-8, 9, and 12)).
Contents: ff. 1r-77v: Pseudo-Athanasius, De Trinitate , in eight
books. Books I-VII were probably written by Eusebius of Vercelli
(b. c. 283, d. 371), and book VIII possibly by Vigilius of Thapsus.
Beginning: ‘Tu unus deus pater et unigenitus deus filius’. ff.
77v-79r: Pseudo-Athanasius, Libellus fidei (Little book of Faith);
a version of the Nicene Creed that has been attributed to various
authors contemporary with St Athanasius by early modern and modern
scholars. The work also circulated under other titles, for example
Fides Romanorum (The Faith of the Romans). Beginning: ‘Credo in
Deum patrem omnipotentem et unigenitum Iesum Christum’. Preceded
by a short admonitory note beginning: ‘Cum legeris per hanc fidem
moneo’. This work is not included in Patrologia Latina 62, but
found in some other early medieval manuscript copies of
Pseudo-Athanasian material, such as late 8th-century manuscript
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 112, f. 37r (see
Corpus Christianorum Series Latina 9, ed. V. Bulhart, p. 127). ff.
79r-113r : Pseudo-Athanasius, De Trinitate et de Spiritu Sancto (On
the Trinity and the Holy Spirit), beginning: ‘His qui filium dei
creatum esse profitentur’ (Printed as Book 12 of the De Trinitate
in Patrologia Latina 62, pp. 307-34, and in Corpus Christianorum
Series Latina ,9, ed. V. Bulhart, pp. 165-205). [f. 113v is blank].
Decoration:Plain two-line initials in red (now oxidised) marking
the start of each new major text section.
