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  • Euw Anton von, Die St. Galler Buchkunst vom 8. bis zum Ende des 11. Jahrhunderts, Band I: Textband, St. Gallen 2008 (Monasterium Sancti Galli, Bd. 3), S. 386-387, Nr. 91.
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  • Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 32.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 79
Manuscript title: Hartmut Biblia (I-II Par., Tob., Jdt., Esth., I-II Ezra, I-II Macc.)
Place of origin: St. Gall (von Euw)
Date of origin: s IX, 3/4 (von Euw)
Support: Parchment
Extent: 452 pp
Format: 395 x 300 mm
Collation: Mostly quaternionen.
Page layout: Written area is ca. 290 x 235 mm, two columns, 28 lines per page.
Writing and hands: Caroline minuscule by two scribes and decorators.
Decoration: Title and incipits in red-orange capitals, uncials and rustic capitals. At the beginning of prefaces and books, initials in red-orange, from p. 169 on decorated with gold and silver, subsequent lines in uncial and rustic capitals shaded in gold and silver. In I-II Mcc initials at the beginning of chapters are majuscules in red-orange, shaded with gold and silver as well as with the interiors filled with vegetation outlined in black (von Euw).
Contents:
  • 1. p. 3-5 Hieronymus: Praefatio in librum Paralipomenon >Incipit praefatio sancti Hieronimi in librum Dabrae Iamin, id est Verba Dierum< Si Septuaginta interpretum pura et ut ab eis in Graecum versa est …–… si aures surdae sunt caeterorum. >Explicit preafatio sancti Hieronimi.<
    Editions
    • Hieronymus. Prologus sancti Hieronymi in libro Paralipomenon, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 2. p. 5-75 Paralipomenon I >Incipit liber Dabre Iamin, id est Verba Dierum quod est Paralipomenon< Adam, Seth, Euos, Cainan Malaleel, Jared, Enoch …–… regnis terrarum. >Explicit liber primus Paralipomenon, id est Verba Dierum.<
    Editions
    • Paralipomenon I, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Translation
    • 1 Paralipomenon, ed. Richard Challoner, in The Holy Bible: Douay Rheims Version. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1899. Douay-Rheims
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 3. p. 75-166 Paralipomenon II >Incipit Paralipomenon liber II< Confortatus est ergo Salomon filius David in regno suo …–… Dominus Deis suus cum eo, et ascendat. >Explicit liber Dabre Iamin II id est Paralipomenon hoc est Verba Dierum.<
    Editions
    • Paralipomenon II, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Translation
    • 2 Paralipomenon, ed. Richard Challoner, in The Holy Bible: Douay Rheims Version. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1899. Douay-Rheims
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 4. p. 167-168 Tobias (imperfectus) vero vitae suae in gaudio fuit …–… et cunctis habitantibus in terra. >Explicit liber Tobiae.<
    Editions
    • Tobias, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Translation
    • Tobias, ed. Richard Challoner, in The Holy Bible: Douay Rheims Version. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1899. Douay-Rheims
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 5. p. 168 Hieronymus: Praefatio in librum Judith >Incipit Praefatio in librum Judith Hieronimi presbiteri< Apud Hebraeos liber Judith inter apocrypha legitur …–… et insuperabilem superaret. >Expliciunt prologus.<
    Editions
    • Hieronymus. Prologus Judith, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 6. p. 168a-201 Judith >Incipit liber Judith< Arphaxad itaque, rex Medorum, subjugaverat multas gentes …–… in pręsentem diem. >Explicit liber Iudith.<
    Editions
    • Judith, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Translation
    • Judith, ed. Richard Challoner, in The Holy Bible: Douay Rheims Version. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1899. Douay-Rheims
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 7. p. 202 Hieronymus: Praefatio in Librum Esther >Praefatio Hieronimi presbiteri in Librum Hester< Librum Hester variis translatoribus constat esse vitiatum …–… in Septuaginta editione maluimus.
    Editions
    • Hieronymus. Prologus Esther, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 8. p.203-233 Esther >Incipit liber Hester< In diebus Assueri, qui regnavit ab India usque Aethiopiam …–… et fuerunt ex eis mulieres, quae pepererant filios.
    Editions
    • Esther, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Translation
    • Esther, ed. Richard Challoner, in The Holy Bible: Douay Rheims Version. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1899. Douay-Rheims
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 9. p. 234-237 Hieronymus: Praefatio in Ezram >Incipit prologus Eusebii Hieronimi in Hesdram< Utrum difficilius sit facere quod poscitis …–… detractione et odio deterrebor. >Explicit prologus.<
    Edition
    • Hieronymus. Prologus Eusebii Hieronymii in libro Ezrae, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 10. p. 237-265 Esdras >Incipit liber Esdrae< In anno primo Cyri regisa Persarum ut compleretur verbum Domini ex ore Jeremiae …–… pro exemplo contemptus, et inobedientiae.
    Editions
    • Ezra I, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Translation
    • 1 Esdras, ed. Richard Challoner, in The Holy Bible: Douay Rheims Version. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1899. Douay-Rheims
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 11. p. 265-303 Esdras II (Nehemia) >Verba Neemiae filii Hechliae< Et factum est in mense Casleu anno vicesimo …–… memento mei, Deus meus, in bonum. Amen.
    Editions
    • Ezra II, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Translation
    • 2 Esdras, ed. Richard Challoner, in The Holy Bible: Douay Rheims Version. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1899. Douay-Rheims
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 12. p. 305-308 Hieronymus: Capitulationes Libri Machabeorum >Incipiunt capitulationes prioris Machabeorum< Ubi euersa Hierusalem …–… perdere eum. >Expliciunt capitula libri prioris.<
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 13. p. 308-393 Machabei I >Incipit prior Machabeorum liber< Et factum est postquam percussit Alexander Philippi Macedo …–… sacerdotum post patrem suum. >Explicit liber Machabeorum prior.<
    Editions
    • Macchabei I, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Translation
    • 1 Machabees, ed. Richard Challoner, in The Holy Bible: Douay Rheims Version. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1899. Douay-Rheims
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 14. p. 394-396 Hieronymus: Capitulationes Libri Machabeorum Ubi occisus est Antiochus rex …–… et Hierosolima mittit. >Expliciunt capitula libri secundi.<
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 15. p. 396-452 Machabei II >Incipit Machabeorum liber II< Fratribus qui sunt per Aegyptum, Judaeis, salutem dicunt fratres …–… Hic ergo erit consummatus. >Machabeorum liber secundus explicit.<
    Editions
    • Macchabei II, ed. R. Gryson and R. Weber, in Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
    Translation
    • 2 Machabees, ed. Richard Challoner, in The Holy Bible: Douay Rheims Version. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1899. Douay-Rheims
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
Codicological Bibliography
  • Bruckner, Albert. Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz: St. Gallen II (Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 31, 64-65.
  • Euw, Anton von. Die St. Galler Buchkunst vom 8. bis zum Ende des 11. Jahrhunderts (Monasterium Sancti Galli 3 1). St. Gallen: Klosterhof, 2008, p. 386-387.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: 1875, p. 32. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
  • For further bibliography, see IMB