Wolfgar (bishop of Würzburg)
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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c McKitterick 1983, pp. 204–05.
- ^ 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.
- 830s deaths
- Roman Catholic bishops of Würzburg