Breviary

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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 635

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks Cod. Sang. 635
Material Parchment
General Remarks

From B.M. von Scarpatetti's description of the host volume: "Das Pergament-Fragment auf den Holzdeckeln entstammt einem Brevier in Octavo des 15. Jhs. in Textualis, hervorragende Hand, Bogenverbindung und elegante Lombarden."

Original Condition

Page Height at least 330 mm
Page Width at least 205 mm
Height of Written Area at least 210 mm
Width of Written Area at least 180 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns at least 180 mm
Number of Lines 23
Line Height 9 – 10 mm

Current Condition

Dimensions 230 x 145 mm

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language latin
    • Title Breviary
    • Content Description

      Fragment:

      • front pastedown and front cover:
        • Psalm 149:5 from lætabuntur in cubilibus suis to Psalm 150:6;
        • Isaiah 12:1 from Confite[bor] t[ibi] D[omi]ne to 6.
      • spine lining and back cover:
        • Psalms 127, 128, 129:1 to 5 et convertantur retrorsum
          o[mnes qui oderunt Sion].

Host Volume

Title Paulus Diaconus, Historia Longobardorum
Date of Origin/Publication around 800
Place of Origin/Publication Northern Italy
Shelfmark Cod. Sang. 635
Remarks

This is a copy, significant in terms of textual history, of the Historia Longobardorum (History of the Langobards) by the Langobard monk and author Paulus Diaconus († 797/799), who was active in Montecassino. It was written in northern Italy, possibly in Verona, around 800 by a variety of hands. The volume has been at the monastery of St. Gall since the 9th century already.

Description on e-codices.