Codice Albeldense - Codice Albeldense

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Title
Codice Albeldense
Author
Contributing Repository
Date Created
1900-01-01
Publisher
Madrid: Testimonio Compania Editorial, 2000
Place of Origin
Monastery of St. Martin at Albelda (Rioja, Spain)
Description
Produced for the Monastery of St. Martin at Albelda (Rioja), the manuscript comprises 429 large folios written in double columns. All three of the illuminators are pictured in one of the miniatures. The Albelda codex is a compendium of canon and civil law. The main corpus comprises complete accounts of all the general councils, to which were added a selection of canons and decrees by popes up to St. Gregory the Great (540 - 604 AD). It also contains the Fuero Juzgo, the civil code used in Spain from the Gothic period up to the 13th century. The work was enriched by the addition of historical and liturgical texts such as the Life of Mahomet, as well as the Albelda Short Chronicle or Calendar, in which we find the first mention and drawing in Europe of the Arabic numerals 1-9. The 82 colored miniatures provide views of towns and portraits of famous persons. Although a Hispanic work, the influence of Carolingian miniatures in the illustrations is evident.
Contents
Commentary on canon and civil law; Life of Mahomet; calendar with early depiction of Arabic numerals.
Illustration
82 miniatures; Mozarabic Visigothic style, but with Carolingian-influenced miniatures
Details
1 v.
Century
10th century
Type of Resource
text
Script
Visigothic
Language
Latin
Digital Collection
Medieval Manuscript Facsimiles Inventory
Physical Location
LSU Libraries
Hill Memorial Library: Special Collections
Shelf Location
Rare XX(2013813.1) FLAT
Contact Information
Please submit an LSU Special Collections reference ticket at https://askus.lib.lsu.edu/special for any questions or comments about this digital object.
Rights
Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. In accordance with U. S. copyright laws, this work is in the public domain.
Object File Name
mm00001
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