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…
Creator
- Adamnanus, de Iona
Publisher
- e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Type of item
- Manuscript
- Manuscript
Date
- between 688 and 713
Medium
- Parchment
- Parchment
Creator
- Adamnanus, de Iona
Publisher
- e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Type of item
- Manuscript
- Manuscript
Date
- between 688 and 713
Medium
- Parchment
- Parchment
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Rights
- e-codices / Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek (cf. http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/about/terms)
Place-Time
- Irland
Source
- http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/sbs/0001
Identifier
- doi:10.5076/e-codices-sbs-0001
- http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/sbs/0001
- Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Gen. 1
Format
- 71 pp., 29 x 22.5 cm
Language
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
Relations
- Gamper Rudolf / Marti Susan, Katalog der mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen, Dietikon-Zürich 1998, S. 67–68. Ergänzungen durch Rudolf Gamper 2008.
Providing country
- Switzerland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-09-09T12:32:47.681Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-09-27T09:30:18.657Z