Description:
Sammelhandschrift
BSB-Provenienz: Freising, Dombibliothek Besitzeintrag aus dem 12 Jh
(1r)
Entstehung etwa 89 Jahrhundert
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift Extent:
I + 69 Bl. - Pergament Abstract:
Englische Version: This miscellany manuscript was written in the
time of Bishop Arbeo (circa 764-83) in the Bavarian diocesan town
of Freising. It is remarkable especially for its script, a form of
Anglo-Saxon minuscule, and its typically insular decoration:
initials are adorned with animals and interlace patterns and
surrounded by red dots. These insular features must be attributed
to an English scribe active in the Freising scriptorium at that
time, which is remarkable because Freising lay outside the area
where the influence of English missionaries was strong in the
eighth century. Unusually for this early period, the name of the
scribe has come down to us. In other manuscripts in this hand, the
scribe added a colophon at the end of his work, in which he
mentioned his name: Peregrinus (“Pilgrim”). The Latin text
includes writings by Isidore of Seville (circa 560-636), including
his Synonyma, a spiritual meditation. Saint Isidore, Archbishop of
Seville, was a scholar and theologian who is considered the last of
the great Latin Church Fathers. His work would have been known to
the Anglo-Saxon missionaries who played the major role in spreading
Christianity to Germany in the eighth century. Subjects:
Germany
8th to 9th century
Deutschland Publication Statement:
Freising [750]
