Beta
Ra 1037
Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Bibl. 44 (A I 14) (olim Dombibl. A. 17). No diktyon: 72893.
a. 909
| Parchment, 168 ff., 400 × 310
mm,
4 col., 40 lines per page.
|
Minuscule (Carolingian) ff. 1v-10r, 12r-168v; Majuscule (titles) ff. 10v-11v, 163r-167r.
| Patron:
Solomon III (ca. 890–920)
bishop of Constance and abbot of St. Gall.
| Provenance: Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland.
| Owner:
Otto II (955–983)
emperor (967–983).
Psalterium Quadruplex: Psalms and Odes.
| The manuscript consists of four columns: the first three columns contain the so-called Gallicanum, Romanum and Hebraicum by Jerome and the fourth one transmits the Graecum, which is a Greek version of the Psalms written in Latin script. It is oldest codex of the so-called Psalteria Quadruplicia. The beginning of each Psalm is marked with enlarged coloured initials.
| Text-type: L, Ga.
| Content | |
| 1v | Jerome’s epistle to Marcella (epist. 28) |
| 2r–9r | Jerome’s epistle to Sunnias and Fretela (epist. 106) |
| 9r–10r | Preface to the Psalter |
| 10v–11r | Dedicatory poem of Salomon III ed. Düchting 1981 and Berschin (2005: 210-211) |
| 11v | Ps. Damasus’ poems Inc. Psallere qui docuit dulci modulamine sanctos; Inc. Nunc Damasi monitis aures praebete benignas; Inc. Aeterni patris pariterque in nomine nati |
| 12r–150r | Ps 1-151 (the fourth column with the Greek version of Ps 151 is vacant). |
| 150v | Book of Isaiah 12 (12:5 om.). Is. 12:1 (εὐλογήσω σε] exomologisome si). The third column is vacant. |
| 150v–151v | Ode 11 |
| 151v–152v | Ode 3 (the last line is missing). |
| 152v–154r | Ode 1 (v. 15 is missing). |
| 154r–156r | Ode 4 |
| 156r–159v | Ode 2 |
| 159v–160r | Ode 8:57-87 (the third column is vacant) |
| 160r–161r | Ode 9: Prayer of Zachariah (the third column is vacant) |
| 161r–161v | Ode 9: Prayer of the Holy Virgin (the third column is vacant) |
| 161v | Ode 13 (the third column is vacant) |
| 162r | The Apostles’ Creed (Credo) and the Lord’s Prayer (Pater Noster) in Latin and the Greek text in Latin script (Pisteuo, Pater imon). The hymn Te Deum laudamus and a Greek translation in Latin letters. |
| 162v | Continuation of the Apostle’s Creed and of the hymn Te Deum laudamus (only in Latin). |
| 163r–167r | Litany of the saints in Greek and Latin |
| 167r–168r | The hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo and the Nicene Creed in Greek and Latin; hymns in Latin (f. 167v). |
| 168r–168v | The Athanasian Creed and several liturgical hymns in Latin written by a later hand (cf. f. 167v). |
Bibliography
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Allgeier, A.: “Exegetische Beiträge zur Geschichte des griechischen vor dem Humanismus”, in: Biblica 24/ 3 (1943), 261–288, 270–271.
Berschin, W.: Griechisch–Lateinisches Mittelalter, Bern–München 1980, 51, 176, 178–179, 181, 195, 237, 243.
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