Manuscript

Stiftsbibliothek St.Gallen, Cod. Sang. 217
(The St. Gallen Bestiary)

Codicology

Produced: 8th to 9th century
Current Location: Stiftsbibliothek St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Manuscript Type: Miscellany
Language: Latin
Folios: 342
Illustrated: Yes
Media: Parchment
Dimensions: Height: 26 cm Width: 16 cm
Sample page - Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen Cod. Sang. 217
Folio 288

Description

Manuscript compilation from the late 8th and early 9th centuries, opening with the oldest extant St. Gall copy of the Regula Pastoralis of Gregory the Great from the last third of the 8th century, followed by a medical-pharmaceutical compendium. The latter, parts of it badly bound, consists of the folded reference manual of a wandering physician from northern Italy, the so-called St. Gall Botanicus, and the St. Gall Bestiary.

The Bestiary on page 288-304, and has only one illustration (lion), though space was left for other illustrations. The Bestiary appears to be part of a herbal.

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