This composite manuscript is written in a delicate script, probably
in the 12th century at the Monastery of St. Gall; its first part
(pp. 1-50) contains excerpts from writings by church fathers
(Augustine, Gregory the Great, Jerome, etc.) about the church (de
catholica ecclesia) and about the sacrament of baptism. This is
followed in the second part (pp. 51-88) by a copy of Prognosticum
futuri saeculi by Julian of Toledo (around 644-690), which is also
preserved in Cod. Sang. 264. This work presents the Christian
Church’s first attempt of formulating a comprehensive view of
death and of the last things. At the end of the manuscript, which
from p. 99 on has bigger and bigger holes in the parchment, there
are a number of liturgical texts on rituals, such as on the
vestments of bishops, on the Mass or on excommunication.
Place
Preferred form
Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland) (?)
Original form
Probably Monastery of St. Gall
Rights
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
