Einhardus (?): Psalterium abbreviatum

Ps. 3:2-11:2

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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 97

Remarks by the Editor

Incorporates information from the description published as part of the UCLA Reichenau-St. Gall Virtual Library 2012, and republished on e-codices.

General Information

Title Psalterium Abbreviatum
Shelfmarks Cod. Sang. 97, pp. 1-2
Material Parchment

Original Condition

Page Height at least 250 mm
Page Width at least 175 mm
Height of Written Area at least 170 mm
Width of Written Area 100 – 120 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 50 – 60 mm
Number of Lines 24
Line Height at least 7 mm

Current Condition

Dimensions 250 x 175 mm

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Einhardus (?)
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Psalterium abbreviatum
    • Content Description

      [Ps. 3:2] Domine quid multiplicati sunt...-...nos a generatione hac in aeternum [Ps.11:2]

    • Front paste-down
    • Edition Einhardus (?). Libri Psalmorum Excerptio, ed. P. Salmon, in Testimonia Orationis Christianae Antiquioris (CCCM 47). Turnhout: Brepols, 1977, p. 55-57.

Host Volume

Title Ambrose, De officiis ministrorum
Date of Origin/Publication around 900
Shelfmark Cod. Sang. 97
Remarks

A summary presentation of Christian ethics by the early church father Ambrose (about 339 - 397), De officiis ministrorum. This copy is from around 900, probably not produced in the monastery of St. Gall. A short Psalter, a litany, and prayers precede the work by Ambrose.

Description on e-codices.

Bibliography

  • Salmon, Peter. "Psautiers abrégés du moyen âge", in Analecta Liturgica (Studi e Testi 273). Vatican City: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1974, p. 72-4.