Thursday, June 23, 2011

Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc. Lit. 131 description now available

The description for Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc. Lit. 131 is now available. This manuscript is an intriguing compilation of liturgical treatises, many of which focus on baptism.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Monastic Manuscript Project

A number of the manuscripts in the virtual library are included in Albrecht Diem's Monastic Manuscript Project, which contains a wealth of information about texts related to early medieval monasticism.

Monday, June 6, 2011

All Manuscripts Now Have Minimal Catalogue Information

All new manuscripts (listed in the post below) now have minimal catalogue information.  Just to get things started!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Updated Summary of Manuscripts Online

MS Shelfmark
Contents
Date
Origin
- Amalarius, Eclogae de officio missae
- Expositio missae
- Theodulf of Orleans, Capitula ad presbyteros parochiae suae
- Haito, Capitulare
- Walafrid Strabo, De rebus ecclesiasticis
- Expositiones orationis dominicae
- Augustine, Symboli apostolici exposition
- Athanasius, Symboli Expositio
- De baptismo expositions variae
- Alcuin, Tractatus de baptismi caeremoniis
- Amalarius, [Capitula nonnulla ex libris] De ecclesiasticis officiis
- Bede, De temporum ratione
9 2/3
S.W. Germany



Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Many New Manuscripts Added

34 new manuscripts from Karlsruhe and Zurich are now available on the website.  Here is a list and brief contents:


Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 2
 Gregory I, Moralia in Job
8/9
Verona
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 3
 Gregory I, Moralia in Job
8/9
Verona
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 4
 Gregory I, Moralia in Job
8/9
Verona
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 14
 Homiliary (winter)
9 1/3-2/3
W. Germany
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 15
 Homiliary (summer)
9 1/3-2/3
W. Germany
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 26
 Ps. Jerome, Breviarium in Psalmos
9 1/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 29
 Paul the Deacon, Homiliary
9 2/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 31
 Jerome, Commentarii in Isaiam (14-18)
Before 838
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 32
 Passionary
Before 846
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 35
 Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos
9 2/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 38
- Psalterium triplex
- Cantica
9 2/4
Francia?  Germany?
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 43
 Bede, In Actus apostolorum, Epistulas catholicas, Apocalypsin
9 2/4
Tours
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 45
 Prosper, Expositio Psalmorum (100-150)
9 3/3
Reichenau?
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 60
Antiphonarium Benedictinum totius anni
12
?
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 101
 Hegesippus (abbreviation of Flavius Josephus’ Bellum Judaicum)
9 2/4
N. Italy
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 102
 Hilary, De Trinitate
9 ¼
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 105
 Jerome, Epistulae
8/9
Lorsch
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 109
Part I:
- Praedestinatus
- Gennadius
- etc.
Part II:
Passio S. Ianuarii
Before 846 (Part I);
Probably before 871 (Part II)
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 111
Part I:
- Isidore, Allegoriae
- Evagrius, Sententiae
- etc.
Part II:
- Glossary
- Visio cuiusdam pauperculae mulieris
Part III:
- Heito, Visio Wettini
9 ¼ (I & II)
9 2/4 (III)
S.W. Germany
(Part III: Reichenau?) 
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 126
 Origen, In Epist. ad Romanos.
9 2/4
S.W. Germany (?)
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 128
 - Rule of St. Benedict
 - Martyrology
9 3/3
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 141
 Explanatio brevis in epistulas Pauli (Rm, Phil, Col, I Th)
9 3/3
S.W. Germany (likely Reichenau)
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 155
 Cassiodorus, Expositio Psalmorum (Abbreviatio)
9 ¼
Near Lake Constance
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 164
- Ansebertus, Carmen de S. Audoeno
- Cassian, De institutis coenobiorum
- Isidore, Synonyma
9 ¾
possibly Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 191
- Quaestiunculae super evangelia
- Ps. Augustine, De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae
9 ¼
Alemannia
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 202
Part I:
- Jerome, Excerpta
- Gregory, Homiliae II in Cantica Canticorum
Part II:
- Passiones et Vitae Sanctorum
9 ¼ (I)
9 2/4 (II)
East Francia (I)
N.E. Francia + S.W. Germany (II)
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 223
 Jerome, Commentarii in Isaiam (6-13)
9 4/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 236
- Ambrose, De bono mortis
- etc.
- Augustine, De immortalitate animae
- etc.
9 2/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 240
 Gregory I, Liber pastoralis
7/8
Verona?
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 245
 Jerome, Commentarius in Ecclesiasten
9 ¾
S. Germany
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 251
- Faustinus, De Trinitate
- Arii Disputatio
- Augustine, Contra sermonem Arrianroum
- Ambrose, Epistulae 24, 17, etc.
8/9
N. Italy
Zurich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 59
- Aldhelm, De laudibus virginum
- Aldhelm, De octo principalibus vitiis
9
St Gall
Zurich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rh. Hist. 28
- Rule of St. Benedict
- Rule of Columbanus
- Rule of St. Augustine
- Rule of St. Paul and St. Stephan
- Monastic documents
- Heito, Visio Wettini (with preface and capitula)
- Monastic proverbs
- Martyrologium
- Reichenau necrology
- Homilies
9, 10, 12
Reichenau
Zurich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rh. 73
- Adamnan, De Locis Sanctis
- Venantius Fortunatus, De Virginitate sanctae Mariae
- Anthony of Piacenza, Itinerarium
- Bede, In Libros Regum
9 ½ (before 842)
Reichenau