Manuscript Summary:This is a collection of liturgical works from the monastery of Disentis, written in the second half of the 12th century, most likely around 1200. In sequence, the volume contains a calendar (pp. 2-13), a psalter (pp. 15-90) and a hymnary (pp. 91-110), a (mixed) capitulary and collectarium (pp. 116-186), as well as an antiphonary, a lectionary, and a homiliary (pp. 203-638). Highlights from the point of view of manuscript decoration include the initial “B” at the beginning of the psalter (p. 15) and a picture of the crucifixion (p. 89). This breviary is one of the very few surviving medieval manuscripts from the monastery of Disentis. The manuscript came to Kempten around 1300; as early as the 15th century, the Disentis Breviary was held in the Abbey Library of St. Gall.(smu)
Standard description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 136.
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Additional description: Janner Sara / Jurot Romain, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus, Band IX/2 Schweiz, Wien 2001, S. 146.
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Online Since: 12/20/2012
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 403
Parchment · 638 pp. · 24 x 13.8 cm · Disentis Monastery · 1150/1200
12th Century Breviary from the monastery of Disentis
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 403, Front cover – 12th Century Breviary from the monastery of Disentis (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0403)
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 136.
Manuscript title: Breviarium
Dates of origin:
s. XII
(und XIII-XIV)
Support: Pgm.
Extent:
638 Seiten
Format: 4° oblong.
Condition: Gebraucht
Contents:
Breviarium
von Disentis, laut Collecte p. 151: In festivitate SS. Placidi et Sigilberti und p. 152qui in praesenti requiescunt ecclesia. Ueber die Reliquien von Placidus und Sigisbert siehe
Gelpke Schweiz. Kirchengesch. II, p. 460.