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Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1008 : Augustinus, De civitate dei
For centuries this manuscript was unknown, until in 1963 it was discovered along with several other codices (including 1003, 1005, 1007, 1009) in a false floor over the library of Engelberg Abbey. The circumstances surrounding this stash – perhaps protection from theft or some other threat – are unknown. On the basis of how it was produced and the verse on 1r, the codex can be placed among the ser…
Creator
- Augustinus, Aurelius
- Augustine of Hippo
Publisher
- e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Type of item
- Manuscript
- Manuscript
Date
- 1143-1178
- 1143/1178
Medium
- Parchment
- Parchment
Creator
- Augustinus, Aurelius
- Augustine of Hippo
Publisher
- e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Type of item
- Manuscript
- Manuscript
Date
- 1143-1178
- 1143/1178
Medium
- Parchment
- Parchment
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Rights
- e-codices / Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek (cf. http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/about/terms)
Place-Time
- Engelberg
- Engelberg
- Switzerland
Source
- http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bke/1008
Identifier
- doi:10.5076/e-codices-bke-1008
- http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bke/1008
- Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1008
Format
- 160 ff., 28.5 x 20 cm
Language
- Latin
Relations
- Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550. Bd. II: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken Bern-Porrentruy, bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, Dietikon-Zürich 1983, Nr. 311, S. 114.
Providing country
- Switzerland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-09-09T12:18:34.049Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-09-27T09:29:55.532Z