This manuscript has a binding with large and striking metal bosses;
following a 15th century list of saints (f. Iv−IIv), it contains
first the Latin Legenda Aurea by Jacobus de Voragine († 1298; f.
4r−262v) and then the so-called Provincia appendix, also in Latin
(f. 263r−301r), which also contains short descriptions of the
lives of the St. Gall patron saints Saint Gall and Saint Othmar.
Later additions include blessings and reflections (f. 302v−304v).
A note by an unknown scribe on f. 302v begins with the verses: Qui
me scribebat, R nomen habebat. Finito libro sit laus et gloria
Christo… This manuscript was written by several (three?) hands;
the book decoration consists of Lombard initials that extend over
three lines. The decoration ends on f. 210v; however, space has
been reserved for additional initials.
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