Manuscript Summary:This codex, with boards covered in green textile, consists of two parts. The first part (pp. 3-53) contains sequences by Notker Balbulus and other authors, the second part (pp. 55-226) contains a gradual. All of the texts have neumes; the script is interspersed with red and blue majuscules. Of note is a series of decorated initials, for example one containing a dragon on p. 3 of the sequentiary and one with scroll ornamentation on p. 55 of the gradual. Other examples can be found on pp. 114, 134, 144, 146. Bound in at the beginning is an 11th/12th century leaf containing excerpts from the Commune Sanctorum, with 14th century supplements on the back.(nie)
Standard description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichnis der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 129.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 379
Parchment · 228 pp. · 18 x 12 cm · 13th century
Sequentiary, Gradual
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 379, p. 1 – Sequentiary, Gradual (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0379)
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