Wolfcoz I

Wolfcoz I (floruit first half of the 9th century) was a medieval scribe and painter of illuminated manuscripts, working in the scriptorium of the Abbey of Saint Gall in present-day Switzerland.[1]

He entered the monastery some time before 813, and by 817 was a deacon. He was apparently a confidant of Abbot Gozbert of Saint Gall. 14 known documents by Wolfcoz' hand were created between 816 and 822, including parts of the so-called Wolfcoz Psalter and the Zurich Psalter.[2] In Wolfcoz' time, the scriptorium of the abbey entered a golden age, producing manuscripts of high quality and establishing the Abbey library of Saint Gall as a centre of Alemannic German culture.[1] The abbey library still has three manuscripts penned by Wolfocoz.[3] He developed the Alemannic minuscule and also the decoration of initials.[2]

A later monk with the same name, also active as a scribe at the Abbey of Saint Gall, is sometimes referred to as Wolfcoz II.[2]

  1. ^ a b Tremp, Ernst; Huber, Johannes; Schmuki, Karl (2007). The Abbey Library of Saint Gall. St. Gall: Verlag am Klosterhof St. Gall. p. 12. ISBN 978-3-906616-82-7.
  2. ^ a b c "Wolfcoz I" (in German). Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Wolfcoz or Vuolfcoz". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2020.