Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Min. 4, f. 61r
Manuscript title: Bibliorum sacrorum pars prima
Manuscript summary: Part of a four-volume Latin Bible in parchment, produced in the scriptorium of Allerheiligen monastery in Schaffhausen shortly after 1080. The codex has numerous initials with scroll ornaments, a page decorated with colours and gold featuring an initial V (the vision of Isaiah), and a historiated inital with scroll ornaments (the calling of Jeremiah), in which the influence of manuscripts from Reichenau can be recognized. Along with Min. 18, Min. 4 is one of the most important codices from the prime of Allerheiligen, when the monastery, founded in 1049, supported, under Abbot Siegfried (d. 1096), the reforms of Hirsau and, for this purpose established a library. (spe)
Origin: Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
Period: 11th century
Image source: Schaffhausen, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 4: Bibliorum sacrorum pars prima
(www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/sbs/min0004)
Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Min. 4, f. 61r
Manuscript title: Bibliorum sacrorum pars prima
Manuscript summary: Part of a four-volume Latin Bible in parchment, produced in the scriptorium of Allerheiligen monastery in Schaffhausen shortly after 1080. The codex has numerous initials with scroll ornaments, a page decorated with colours and gold featuring an initial V (the vision of Isaiah), and a historiated inital with scroll ornaments (the calling of Jeremiah), in which the influence of manuscripts from Reichenau can be recognized. Along with Min. 18, Min. 4 is one of the most important codices from the prime of Allerheiligen, when the monastery, founded in 1049, supported, under Abbot Siegfried (d. 1096), the reforms of Hirsau and, for this purpose established a library. (spe)
Origin: Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
Period: 11th century
Image source: Schaffhausen, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 4: Bibliorum sacrorum pars prima
(www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/sbs/min0004)