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Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Gen. 1 : Adamnanus de Iona, Vita Columbae
This manuscript from the island monastery of Iona (Hy) in Scotland contains the oldest and best surviving version of the biography of the Irish saint Columba, composed between 608 and 704. In this work, Adamnan, the ninth abbot of Iona, tells the life story of monastery founder Columba (Columcille in Old Irish), who lived from 519/522 to 597. This manuscript can be dated to the time between the wr…
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Subject
- Medieval (European)
- reading culture
- Reading culture (medieval)
- Middle Ages
- Reading culture
Date
- 0688-0713
- 0688/0713
Medium
- parchment
- Parchment
Subject
- Medieval (European)
- reading culture
- Reading culture (medieval)
- Middle Ages
- Reading culture
Date
- 0688-0713
- 0688/0713
Medium
- parchment
- Parchment
Providing institution
- Stadtbibliothek
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- between 688 and 713
- 0688/0713
Places
Current location
- Schaffhausen
Identifier
- Gen. 1
- http://www.manuscriptorium.com/object/CHSBS_GEN_1_______0XSOD00
Extent
- 29 x 22.5 cm
Format
- codex
- Codex
Language
- lat
- lat
Is part of
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: previously digitised item
Is referenced by
- Gamper Rudolf / Marti Susan, Katalog der mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen, Dietikon-Zürich 1998, S. 67–68. Ergänzungen durch Rudolf Gamper 2008. (https://www.e-codices.ch/xml/tei_published/sbs-0001.xml).
Providing country
- Czech Republic
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-06-15T20:53:43.070Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-06-15T20:53:43.070Z