Vergilius Sangallensis
The only extremely fragmentary Codex Vergilius Sangallensis is a manuscript written in the late 4th or early 5th century AD in pure Capitalis quadrata , which probably came to the library of the St. Gallen Monastery during the Carolingian Renaissance , possibly under Abbot Grimald , the Archkapellan of Ludwig the German . In the 15th century (1461), the manuscript was at the instigation of Abbot Ulrich Roesch makuliert and for the restoration of covers of other manuscripts (Cod. Sang. 22; Cod. Sang 248;... Cod Sang 275) is used. The existing remains were incorporated into the first volume of a collective manuscript in 1822 with fragments from various manuscripts (the sequence of pages disturbed by incorrect arrangement and stapled blank pages), which was signed under the signature St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek , Cod. Sang. 1394 is kept (further material in Cod. Sang. 63 and Cod. Sang. 275). The Vergilius Sangallensis contains works by the Roman poet P. Vergilius Maro : p. 35: Eclogae , Kolophon; Georgica , titulus. P. 39/40; P. 43/44; P. 47/48: Georgica (fragmentary). P. 7/8; P. 11/12; P. 16/15; Pp. 20/19; P. 23/24; Pp. 27/28; P. 49; P. 31/32: Aeneid (fragmentary). In the editions it is listed under the Sigle G. Due to his old age, he is one of the most important text witnesses.
Twelve of the original 340 leaves have survived, some only in fragments (8 fragments), some in the 12th / 13th century. Century palimpsested .
The layout with a stately aspect ratio of about 35 cm side height and about 32, 5 cm width (reconstructed), a truncated high-format text area of 19 verses per page and inter-linear corrections, unusually wide-brimmed sides and a large font size gives the on precious thin, However , despite the lack of initial decoration, the translucent parchment has a monumental character corresponding to the carefully executed Capitalis quadrata.
There are a number of other famous Virgil manuscripts from late antiquity .
literature
- Johannes Götte (Ed.): Virgil. Aeneid. Heimeran, Munich 1958, pp. 590-595.
- Richard Seider : Contributions to the history and palaeography of the ancient Virgil manuscripts. In: Herwig Görgemanns , Ernst A. Schmidt (Ed.): Studies on the ancient epic (= contributions to classical philology. 72). Hain, Meisenheim am Glan 1976, pp. 129-172.