Membra disiecta and the Dispersion of an Eighth-Century Codex in Rhaetian Script

Abstract

From the fragment collection of the Kantonsbibliothek Frauenfeld (CH) comes the discovery of two new leaves from a codex written in Rhaetian script in the final quarter of the eighth century. Until now, this codex was known through 9 leaves held in the Württembergische Landesbibliothek in Stuttgart, 18 in the Benediktinerkollegium at Sarnen, and part of a leaf in the Kantonsbibliothek of Solothurn. The article establishes as precisely as possible the appearance (dimensions, layout, etc.) and the composition of the original codex, as well as to present some hypotheses on when and where the codex was dismantled and the basis for the geographical dispersal of the leaves.