Vienna Hispana Codex

A collection of ecclesiastical statutes originating in Spain and later also used in Gaul
The canon text was written for Bishop Rachio of Strasbourg at the end of the 8th century and rebound in 1527
The original was lost in a fire in 1870, but the work continues to survive as a facsimile

Vienna Hispana Codex

Cod. Vindob. 411 Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, Austria)

Description

Vienna Hispana Codex

The Vienna Hispana Codex is an early canon manuscript which originated ca. 800 in eastern France. It has served as an important source both for successive manuscripts as well as for those doing research into the history of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. It became a part of the Vienna Palatine Library in 1665 and continues to reside in the Austrian capital today.

Vienna Hispana Codex

The Vienna Hispana Codex was presumably written in eastern France near the Rhineland, judging by the script. This canon manuscript is textually aligned to that written in 788 for Bishop Rachio of Strasbourg and lost by fire in 1870 (C.L.A., VI. 835). As such, it has been an early and important source for similar texts and for historians interested in the medieval church. An additional indicator of its age is the beautiful Carolingian Miniscule in which it was written. Bound in 1527 at the expense of Johannes Marquardus (cf. fol. I). It bore the number 281 in the Ambras collection which was incorporated in the Vienna Palatine Library in 1665.

The Content

Fol. 1r–202v:
Canones Conciliorum, usque ad Concilium Hispalense secundum
Fol. 202v–312v:
Decretalia Pontificum usque ad Hormisdam, Virgilium et Gregorium
Fol. 312v–313v:
De valore numerico literarum graecarum

Codicology

Alternative Titles: Wiener Hispana-Handschrift
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 634 pages / 31.0 × 20.5 cm
Origin: France
Date: Around 800
Epochs: Early Middle Ages
Style: Carolingian
Genre: Other Religious Books
Chronicles / History / Law
Language: Latin

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Facsimile Editions

#1 Wiener Hispana-Handschrift

Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Graz, 1974

Publisher: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) – Graz, 1974

Binding: Half leather

Commentary: 1 volume (72 pages) by O. Mazal
Language: German

1 volume: This facsimile is not complete. Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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