The Codex Vindobonensis 795 (

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Codex) is a 9th-century manuscript, most likely compiled in 798 or shortly thereafter (after Arno of Salzburg returned from Rome to become archbishop). It contains letters and treatises by

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, including a discussion of the

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. It also contains a description of the Old English runes. The Codex Vindobonensis 795 is a collection of letters of Alcuin, as compiled by

Arno of Salzburg Arno, Arn or Aquila (c. 750–821) was bishop of Salzburg, and afterwards its first archbishop. He preserved his voluminous correspondence from the scholar Alcuin of York. Early years He entered the church at an early age, and after passing ...

; it also contains two texts about the topography of Rome, particularly its shrines: the ''Notitia ecclesiarium urbis Romae'' (''Notice of the church of the city of Rome'') and the ''De locis sanctis martyrum quae sunt foris civitatis Romae'' (''The locations of the holy martyrs outside the city of Rome''), neither of which were written by Alcuin. The manuscript seems to be an attempt to imagine the reconstruction of Rome, as it also contains correspondence between Arno and Alcuin about the rebuilding of the monastery of St. Stephen's at St. Paul's as well as commentary on the

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References

* Ebbinghaus, Ernst A.: The Gotica of Codex Vindobonensis 795 (in: Germanic studies in honor of Otto Springer d.: Stephen J. Kaplowitt Pittsburgh &S Enterprises1978, pp. 93–102). * Ebbinghaus, Ernst A.: Gotica XIX, GL 23:1 (1983) 48-50 p. 48–49 on folium 20 of Codex Vindobonensis * Rotsaert, Marie-Louise: Per una definizione delle fonti gotiche del Codex Vindobonensis 795 - appunti metodologici (in: Patrizia Lendinara & Lucio Melazzo ds. Feor ond neah emorial volume Augusto Scaffidi Abbate Palermo niversità1983 Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Studi e ricerche 3 798 8th-century manuscripts Runic manuscripts Manuscripts in the Austrian National Library Anglo-Saxon runes Works attributed to Alcuin {{writingsystem-stub

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