Presumably by the middle of the 15th century it was cut up and used as binder's waste, since the six fragments of the present leaf were used in Donaueschingen MS.191, a splendid 9th-century Sacramentary written probably at Reichenau and still in its medieval Constance Cathedral binding. Ours is likely the 'Item VI libri biblie in uno volumine de litera multum antiqua' in the Constance catalogue of 1343. (3) Constance Cathedral: a number of manuscripts were transferred to Constance in the late 13th century (Lehmann, Mittelalt. The famed library of Reichenau on Lake Constance must be counted among the richest in Carolingian Europe. Bibliothekskataloge, p.256) and others suggest that the parent codex may be the 'Liber prophetarum quem Hiltiger de Italia adduxit' mentioned in a Reichenau list of books acquired during the abbacy of Erlebald (823-838). (2) Benedictine Abbey of Reichenau, Constance: Paul Lehmann (see Lehmann, Mittelalt. (1) Written in an important but unidentified scriptorium in northern Italy in the 5th century: the marginalia show that it was used liturgically, making it a testament to one of the earliest records of Christian worship. The central piece was recovered in 1909 and the five surrounding pieces were found in the same binding in 1920. B.I.3) by the German Benedictine palaeographer Alban Dold (1882-1960). The present fragments were recovered from the binding of Donaueschingen MS. Six fragments forming part of a single leaf, c.170 x 150mm overall, blind-ruled for two columns (of three) of 18 lines (of 23) written in brown ink in a superb classical uncial hand, marginalia in a 5th-century small quarter-uncial with many ligatures, sketch of a branching stem in corner of recto (recovered from a binding and consequently defective and glue-stained, some wormholes and cuts, vellum worn and transparent, text very faded but perfectly legible). 'Without qualification, this is a piece of the most important biblical manuscript that one could ever conceive owning' (C. The oldest known manuscript of Ezechiel 20 in Latin and the oldest western manuscript in private hands: an exceptional survival of the highest historical importance with unbroken provenance from the great libraries of Reichenau, Constance Cathedral and Donaueschingen.
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