Gregory the Great, Moralia in Iob
Book 6
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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 347
Fergus Bovill, 2025 (Born Digital)
Remarks by the Editor
The digitisation and analysis of this fragment was generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
General Information
Title Gregory the Great, Moralia in Iob
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 347
Page/Folio Reference cover
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Germany or Switzerland (Saint Gall?)
Date of Origin 8th century
Script, Hands
An Alemannic minuscule written in a single hand.
Original Condition
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 22
Line Height 8 – 9 mm
Ruling not visible
Current Condition
Extent 2 partial leaves
Dimensions 166 x 129 mm
More about the Current Condition
Two partial leaves have been trimmed as used as a cover for the host volume.
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The parchment is stained in places.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
No decoration.
Content
- Content Item
- Persons Gregory the Great
- Text Language Latin
- Title Moralia in Iob
- Content Description
Two partial leaves from Gregory the Great, Moralia in Iob:
front cover: Book 6, Chapter 16.
back cover: Book 6, Chapter 18.
History
Persons and Institutions The host volume belonged to the nearby Kartause Ittingen outside of Frauenfeld, Switzerland.
Host Volume
Title Guido de Monte Rocherii, Manipulus curatorum
Date of Origin/Publication 1493
Place of Origin/Publication Strasbourg
Shelfmark Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 347
Remarks
Parchment over cardboard.
Bibliography
On the host volume:
Luginbühl, Marianne and Heinz Bothien. Meisterwerke des Frühen Buchdrucks: Die Inkunabel-Schätze der Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau aus den Klöstern von Ittingen, Fischingen und Kreuzlingen. Frauenfeld: Verlag Huber, 2011, p. 214.