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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 97
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Manuscript title: Psalterium abbreviatum; Ambrosius, De Officiis
Place of origin: Westfränkisches Teilreich? & Sankt Gallen? (Krüger)
Date of origin: 838-875? & 876-883? (Krüger)
Support: Parchment
Extent: pp. 285
Format: 258-262 x 179-182 mm
Page layout: Two columns of 24 lines; written area about 12.5-13 x 17.2-17.4 cm (Bruckner)
Writing and hands: “Von mehreren Händen der 2. H. 9. Jhs., fraglich ob st. gallisch” (Bruckner)
Contents:
  • 1. Inside front cover, p. 1-2 Einhardus (?) : Psalterium abbreviatum (frag.) Domine quid multiplicati sunt … [Ps. 3.2] … nos a generatione hac in aeternum. [Ps. 11.2]
    Edition
    • Einhardus (?). Libri Psalmorum Excerptio, ed. P. Salmon, in Testimonia Orationis Christianae Antiquioris (CCCM 47). Turnhout: Brepols, 1977, p. 55-57. This edition prints the text as found in Vercelli A.C. 149, where the Roman psalter forms the basis of the text. This St Gall copy presents the same introduction and excerpts, but is based instead on the Gallican psalter
    Bibliography
    • Salmon, Peter. "Psautiers abrégés du moyen âge", in Analecta Liturgica (Studi e Testi 273). Vatican City: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1974, p. 72-4.
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 2. p. 3-43 Einhardus (?) : Psalterium abbreviatum Liber psalmorum quamuis totus sacer sit atque …–… ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.
    Edition
    • Einhardus (?). Libri Psalmorum Excerptio, ed. P. Salmon, in Testimonia Orationis Christianae Antiquioris (CCCM 47). Turnhout: Brepols, 1977, p. 55-78 [CSG 97 omits excerpt from Ps. 82]. This edition prints the text as found in Vercelli A.C. 149, where the Roman psalter forms the basis of the text. This St Gall copy presents the same introduction and excerpts, but is based instead on the Gallican psalter
    Bibliography
    • Salmon, Peter. "Psautiers abrégés du moyen âge", in Analecta Liturgica (Studi e Testi 273). Vatican City: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1974, p. 72-4.
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 3. p. 44-48 Litania Christe audi nos …–… Christe audi nos. Ter.
    Edition
    • [Litanei 39], ed. A. Krüger, in Litanei-Hanschriften der Karolingerzeit, MGH Hilfsmittel 24. Hannover: Hahn, 2007. p. 739-742.
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 4. p. 49-50 Orationes (3) >Oratio< Tibi ago laudes et gratias …–… redimere praetioso sanguine tuo.
    • 4_1. (p. 49) [Oratio beati Gregorii in qua omnipotenti Deo debitas agit gratiarum actiones] >Oratio< Tibi ago laudes et gratias …–… gaudia quandoque perducas. Amen.
      Edition
      • Oratio beati Gregorii in qua omnipotenti Deo debitas agit gratiarum actiones, in Appendix Quarta. Liturgica et Historica. Libellus Sacrarum Precum. PL 101: 1386B-1386C.
    • 4_2. (p. 50) [Oratio ad Patrem] >Oratio< Domine deus pater omnipotens …–… propter nomen sanctum tuum. Amen.
      Edition
      • Oratio ad Patrem, in Appendix Quarta. Liturgica et Historica. Libellus Sacrarum Precum. PL 101: 1399B-1399C.
    • 4_3. (p. 50) [Oratio ad personam Filii] >Oratio< Domine iesu christe fili dei uiui qui …–… praetioso sanguine tuo. Amen.
      Edition
      • Oratio ad personam Filii, in Appendix Quarta. Liturgica et Historica. Libellus Sacrarum Precum. PL 101: 1399C.
  • 5. p. 51-285 Ambrosius: De Officiis >In nomine sanctae trinitatis incipit tractatus sancti ambrosii confessoris et episcopi de officiis liber primus< Non arrogans uideri arbitror si inter …–… plurimum intructionis [sic] conferant. >Explicit de officiis liber III sancti ambrosii episcopi ecclesię mediolanis.<
    • Index Reference Numbers
      • CPL 144
      Edition
      • Ambrosius. De Officiis, ed. I.J. Davidson (Oxford Early Christian Studies). Oxford: OUP, 2001. Latin edition and English translation.
      • Ambrosius Mediolanensis. De Officiis, ed. M. Testard (CCSL 15). Turnhout: Brepols, 2000.
      Translation
      • Ambrose. De Officiis, trans. I.J. Davidson (Oxford Early Christian Studies). Oxford: OUP, 2001. Latin edition and English translation.
      • Saint Ambroise. Les Devoirs, trans. M. Testard (Collection des Universités de France). Paris: Belles Lettres, 1984. Facing page Latin and French.
      Bibliography
      • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
    • 5_1. (p. 51-154) Liber I
    • 5_2. (p. 155-216) Liber II
    • 5_3. (p. 216-285) Liber III
Codicological Bibliography
  • Krüger, Astrid. Litanei-Hanschriften der Karolingerzeit, MGH Hilfsmittel 24. Hannover: Hahn, 2007, p. 374.
  • Bruckner, Albert. Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica (Vol. 3/2). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 67-68.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875, p. 38. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen