Manuscript Summary:This is an unadorned copy, significant in terms of textual history, of the De ecclesiasticis officiis libri IV (also referred to as Liber officialis) by liturgist and Archbishop Amalarius of Metz († around 850); it was written at the monastery ofSt. Gall around 820, probably under Deputy-Abbot and Abbot Hartmut (872-883). Between book 3 and book 4, inserted on pages 349 to 361, the manuscript contains five letters by Amalarius of Metz to various addressees.(smu)
Standard description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 106.
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Additional description: Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, St. Gallen II, Genf 1938, S. 91.
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Online Since: 12/20/2012
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 278
Parchment · 514 pp. · 25.6 x 19 cm · St. Gall · 850/880
Amalarius of Metz, De ecclesiasticis officiis libri IV
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 278, p. 9 – Amalarius of Metz, De ecclesiasticis officiis libri IV (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0278)
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 106.
Manuscript title: Amalarius de eccles. officiis libri IV
Date of origin: s. IX
Support: Pgm.
Extent:
514 Seiten
Format: 4°
Writing and hands: Von dreifacher Hand.
Contents:
Amalarius: de eccles. officiis libri IV
Bibl. P. P. max. XIV, p. 934 bis 1032; zuerst in
Hittorp
's Scriptt. de div. off. Colon. 1568 p. 305. S. 3-9 eine von vorn bis Kap. 29 defekte erste Vorrede, die in der Bibl. P. P. fehlt.
Am Ende von liber III, p. 349-361 fünf Briefe des Amalarius an Hieremias (p. 349 mit Antwort), an Jonas (p. 350), an Rantgar Bischof v. Noyon (p. 350-352), an Abt Hetdo (p. 352-354) und an Guntardus (p. 361); gedruckt bei
d'Achery Spicileg. III, 330 (Ed. 2).