Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 532 Helmst.

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Repository:

Wolfenbüttel (Germany)
Herzog August Bibliothek
Cod. Guelf. 532 Helmst.

Siglum (by Mordek 1995): W5

Digital image available at Digitale Bibliothek HAB

History:

Origin:
9th century (von Schwind); beginning of the 9th century, Salzburg (Kottje); 1st to 2nd quarter of the 9th century, part II presumably from 820, Salzburg (Mordek); 9th century (820), Salzburg (?) (Bischoff HA); ca. 820 (Bluhme); around the year 820, Salzburg (Siewert following Heinemann); 10th century (Krusch)

Provenance:
presumably from Weißenburg (Mordek following Butzmann); formerly in possession of Matthias Flacius Illyricus (Krusch)

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Physical description:

Material: Parchment
Quires:
Number: 174 foll. (3 parts)
Size: 235 x 140-150 mm
Text block: 200 x 95-115 mm
Lines: 25, 36-37

Script: Caroline minuscule

Glosses:

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2r - 54r
Defensor of Ligugé, Scintillarum liber (beginning fragmentary)
54r - 55v
letter from Charlemagne to Alcuin; short notes
56r
title "Monita cuiusdam sancti de virtutibus"
56v - 85v
Isidore, Proemia de libris novi et veteris Testamenti; Liber de ortu et obitu patrum; Allegoriae quaedam sacrae Scripturae; pseudo-Isidor, Liber de genealogiis (incomplete); Isidore, Chronicon (last part)
85v - 86r
Praefatio to the Epitome temporum; short annals from Heraclius up to the year 820
86v - 88v
letter from Louis the Pious to the archbishops (here Arn of Salzburg) regarding the transmission of the Regulae canonicorum from 817
89r - 91r
Capitulare monasticum I
91v - 93r
clerical interrogatio
93v
canon on delinquent clerics
94r
interpretation of the Lord's Prayer
94r - v
explanatory notes on units
95r - 114r
Eucherius of Lyon, Instructionum ad Veranum libri duo
114r - 120v
glossaries
121r - v
synodal ordo
122r - 134v
Junilius Africanus, De partibus legis divinae libri duo
134v - 138v
clerical interrogatio, explanatory notes on clerical ranks, various moral dicta, maxims, catalogue of the kings of Israel starting with Rehoboam
139r - 153r
Alcuin, Dialogus seu disputatio de rhetorica et de virtutibus
153v
various list of names
154r - 170r
Lex Baiuvariorum (type A)
170v
Capitulare seu canones concilii Neuchingensis, Capitulare seu canones concilii Dingolfingensis
170v - 173v
Edictus Rothari (cc. 281-351, from 173r: cc. 43-86)