The manuscript consists of two codices bound together (p. 1-149 and
150-279). The first part dates from the second half of the 9th
century, the second from the middle of the 9th century. The volume
was privately owned by the St. Gall Abbot Grimald (841-872);
however, it was probably written not in St. Gall, but at least in
part at a scriptorium in the southern region of Germany. It
contains various works by Alcuin of York (about 730-804): De fide
sanctae et individuae trinitatis; De trinitate et ad Fredegisum
quaestiones XXVIII; De animae ratione ad Eulaliam virginem;
Dialogus de rhetorica et de virtutibus (with diagrams p. 210-217);
De Dialectica (with diagram p. 270). The codex further contains
excerpts (chapters 2-11) from De perfectione iustitiae hominis by
the Church Father Augustine (in the codex under the titel Adnotatio
interrogationum caelesti pelagiani et responsionum sancti
augustini). On p. 148 there is a 13th century pen trial of the
alleluia Conversus Iesus ad mariam dixit ei fides tua te salvum
fecit vade in pace (with neumes); on p. 218 (11th/12th century) the
antiphon Conspicit in celis mens prudens Ezechielis (with neumes)
as well as the responsorium Martir sancta dei quae flagrans igne
fidei (without neumes). On p. 271 there is the figure of a man with
sword and shield etched with a stylus; an almost identical figure
can be found in Cod. Sang. 175, p. 356 (there as a pen sketch).
Place
Preferred form
Germany, Southern (?)
Original form
Southern region of Germany (?)
Rights
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
