El Escorial, Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, D. I. 2
Repository:
El Escorial (Spain)Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo
D. I. 2
History:
Origin:
10th century (finished
in 976) (Zeumer); 976, Monasterio de Albelda (García López); 974-976, San Martín de Alvelda
(Mordek); May
26th 974 or 974-976 (Kéry); Oviedo (Davies)
Provenance:
Written in Monasterio de Albelda the
manuscript got into the possession of Count Buendia, who presented the
codex to Philip II. Since 1576 in El Escorial.
(Gontrum 1993) According to Wendy Davies the codex was written in
Oviedo.
(Davies 2016)
Physical description:
Material: parchmentQuires:
Number: 429 foll.
Size: 465 x 325 mm
Lines: 39-40
Columns: 2 columns
Script:
Glosses:
Contents:
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20r - 238v, 248 - 341r
Collectio Hispana
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Council of Toledo
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Isidore,
Etymologiae and De fide catholica contra Iudaeos
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Mozarabic calendar
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history of Mohammed
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names of illustrious men
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Vita Salvi abbatis Albaildensis
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homilies of Gregory the Great
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excerpts from the regula Benedicti
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three sermons of Augustine
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385v - 428r
Lex Visigothorum
