Sedulius, Carmen paschale

lib. I et II (partim)

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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 1395

General Information

Title Sedulius, Carmen paschale
Shelfmarks Cod. Sang. 1395
Page/Folio Reference S. 458-465
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Saint Gallen
Date of Origin 10th c.
Script, Hands

Carolingian miniscule

Original Condition

Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 19
Numbering

modern page numbers (above)

Current Condition

Dimensions 17.5 x 15 cm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Explicit and titles in capital letters; rubricated

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Sedulius
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Carmen paschale
    • Content Description

      Fragment 1:

      p. 458: Carmen paschale, I. 361 - II.9: Fulget apex numero ... portantes nostros Christo ven<iente maniplos> Explicit liber <....>menti. Inc<ipit ...> Liber De<...>. Expulerat primogenitu<m ...> ... pro dolor aeterni fueran<t duo. crescere postquam>

      p. 459: II.10-28: <Coepit origo, perit clade>mque a semine sumpsit ... <Et velut e spinis mollis rosa> surgit acutis

      Fragment 2: 

      p. 460: II.67-84: Gaudia matris habens cum virginitatis ho<nore> ... Et sensu ingulare cupis legemque legend<o>

      p. 461: II.84-103: <Neglegis et reg>i regum tua regna minaris ... <Per loca mu>tati gradientes devia callis

      Fragment 3: 

      p. 462: II.29-47: Nil quod <....> / Sic euae de stirpe sacra ueniente maria ... Partus ade(st) claus\a/ ingrediens et clausa relinquens

      p. 463: II.48-66: (v. 48 trimmed) Quis fuit ille nitor mariae cum Christo ab aluo ... <I>mperium sine fine manet que uentre beato

      Fragment 4:

      p. 464: II.104-121: In patriam rediere suam ; sic nos quoque sanctam ... (after v. 106 in capital letter: De infantibus quos Herodes occidit) ... Innumerum patrare nefas puerilia mactat

      p. 465: II.122-141: Milia plangoremque dedit tot matribus unum ... Sex quasi lustra gerens placidam Io\r/danis ad undam, (followed by the two missing v. 135-136  by another hand: Hoc spacium de carne trahens (a)evique meatus / Humana pro parte tulit senioribus esse

    • recto
    • Glosses and Additions except titles and some corrections; no glosses and additions
    • Edition Sedulius. Opera omnia, ed. I. Huemer, editio altera supplementis aucta curante V. Panagl, Wien 2007 (CSEL 10).
    • Remarks

      no neumes as in another Saint Gall copy, see: Cod. Sang. 242, p. 168-242 (s. X).

History

Provenance

part XII in Fragment vol. II, collected by Ildefons von Arx 

Host Volume

Title Veterum Fragmentorum manuscriptis codicibus detractorum collectio, tomus II.
Date of Origin/Publication 1822
Place of Origin/Publication Saint Gall
Shelfmark Cod. Sang. 1395

Bibliography

  • Carl P. Springer, The manuscripts of Sedulius: a provisional handlist, Philadelphia 1995 (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 85, pt. 5.

Other available descriptions

  • Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 236-238.
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