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Sancti Bonifacii Epistolae

Sancti Bonifacii Epistolae – Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Cod. Vindob. 751 – Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, Austria)

Probably Mainz (Germany) — mid-9th century

The personal correspondence of Saint Boniface and his successor, Saint Lullus: an impressive collection of letters with unique insights into the time of the Christianization of the Frankish Empire

  1. This codex collects the correspondence of St. Boniface and St. Lullus, as well as their contemporaries

  2. Many of the letters were directly copied from the originals in the episcopal archives in Mainz

  3. The immediacy of these sources makes them a gem of the Austrian National Library

Sancti Bonifacii Epistolae

Cod. Vindob. 751, fol. 1-77 Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, Austria)
Sancti Bonifacii Epistolae – Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Cod. Vindob. 751 – Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, Austria)
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Sancti Bonifacii Epistolae

Many external facts are known about Boniface: his far-reaching missionary activities in the Frankish Empire, which earned him the title "Apostle of the Germans", the fearless felling of the Danube oak near Geismar, and his violent death among the Frisians. But who was this man himself, what did he think and how did he experience these turbulent times? Answers to such questions can be found in this jewel from the Austrian National Library, which is distinguished by its immediacy to Boniface. It contains 35 letters from him and 12 addressed to him in addition to important testimonies from his immediate environment: 16 letters written by Lullus, Boniface's disciple and successor as Bishop of Mainz, and 24 letters addressed to Lullus. Many of these copies were evidently made directly from the originals, which were kept in the episcopal archives in Mainz. This compilation from the mid-9th century must be considered some of the oldest of Boniface's correspondence.

Codicology

Alternative Titles
Vienna Boniface Codex
Wiener Bonifazius-Codex
Sancti Bonifacii Epistolae
Size / Format
154 pages / 29.4 × 20.0 cm
Origin
Germany
Date
mid-9th century
Script
Carolingian minuscule, Uncial
Illustrations
Decorated initials and red display script
Content
119 letters from and to Boniface and Lullus, Archbishops of Mainz, and from their circle
Previous Owners
Library of the Cologne cathedral
Kasper von Niedbruck
George Cassander
Vienna Imperial Library
Nicolaus Serarius
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Sancti Bonifacii Epistolae – Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Cod. Vindob. 751 – Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, Austria)
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Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Graz, 1971
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#1 Sancti Bonifacii epistolae

Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Graz, 1971
Sancti Bonifacii Epistolae – Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Cod. Vindob. 751 – Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, Austria)
Sancti Bonifacii Epistolae – Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Cod. Vindob. 751 – Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, Austria) Photos with courtesy of the publisher

Publisher: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Graz, 1971
Binding: Half leather
Commentary: 1 volume (38 pages) by Franz Unterkircher
Language: German

The commentary volume includes a brief introduction, notes on the manuscript’s recent history, a description of its physical condition, its script, and its content, and discusses issues related to cryptography. It also includes a concordance table that lists all the letters in the order they appear in the manuscript and provides references to Nikolaus Serarius’s edition of Boniface’s letters as well as to the MGH (Monumenta Germaniae Historica).
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