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Edictum Rothari – Virtual Reconstruction

Parchment · 53 leaves (St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 730) + 2 leaves (Zurich, Staatsarchiv, A. G. 19 no. 15 (fol. 30-31)) + 10 leaves (Zurich, Zentralbibliothek C 184 no. IV & VI-XI & Z XIV 1) + (Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek Fragm. Aug. 100 fr. b) · 670 – 680 CE · Bobbio (?) · 205 x 140 mm

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Scholarly descriptions

Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 236-238.
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Participating Libraries

Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek · St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen

Century

7th century

Text Language

Latin

Restored

Yes

Script Type

Roman Uncial Script

Persons

Rothari, Langobardenreich, König (Author)

Places

Bobbio

Summary

The incompletely preserved Edictum Rothari is the oldest extant copy of the early medieval law of the Lombards as decreed by King Rothari (636-652) in 643. This earliest known copy, dating from 670/680 and originating in Bobbio (?) has been preserved only as fragments divided between the Abbey Library of St. Gall, the Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, the Zentralbibliothek in Zurich and the Zurich cantonal archives. The largest portion of the fragments, which were bound together in the present volume by Abbey Librarian Ildefons von Arx in 1822, is found at the Abbey Library of St. Gall. In 1972, the fragmental parchment leaves of the Edictum Rothari owned by the Abbey Library of St. Gall were rebound into a new volume, in a fashion that does not exactly follow conservational guidelines, together with black and white photos of the fragments that are in Karlsruhe and Zurich. The photos were then removed from this by restorer Martin Strebel in 2008. At the same time, this manuscript, which is significant to the history of law, was rebound using the latest book restoration techniques, thanks to the Friends of the Abbey Library of St. Gall, which covered the costs of the work. (smu)