Wolfgar (bishop of Würzburg)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wolfgar or Wolfger was the bishop of Würzburg from 809/10 until his death in 831/2. He succeeded the obscure bishop Egilwart (803–09/10).[1]

Wolfgar was on good terms with the Emperor Louis the Pious.[1] During his episcopate, Würzburg increased its properties and over twenty surviving manuscripts were produced in its scriptorium. This time was a transitional period in the history of the cathedral library, whose output is known collectively as the , in which insular script and the local variant of Caroline minuscule first appear. Pastoral books, liturgies and the Old Testament dominated the scriptorium's output, and a work of canon law was copied at Würzburg for the first time under Wolfgar.[1]

An original charter recording a transaction between Wolfgar and a Count Eginonus and his wife Wentilgarth is preserved.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c McKitterick 1983, pp. 204–05.
  2. ^ Dale 2008, p. 35.

Sources[]

  • Dale, Johanna (2008). "The Provenance of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 373". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 14 (1): 33–50.
  • McKitterick, Rosamond (1983). The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, 751–987. London: Longman.

Further reading[]

  • Bischoff, Bernhard; Hofmann, Josef (1952). Libri sancti Kyliani: Die Würzburger Schreibscule und die Dombibliothek im VIII. und IX. Jahrhundert. Würzburg.
Retrieved from ""