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  • Scarpatetti Beat Matthias von, Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Bd. 1: Abt. IV: Codices 547-669: Hagiographica, Historica, Geographica, 8.-18. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden 2003, S. 33-35.
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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. 441-442, Nr. 114.
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  • Gustav Scherrer, Verzeichnis der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 176.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 557
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Manuscript title: Sulpicius Severus; Gregorius Turonensis
Place of origin: St Gall (Scarpatetti)
Date of origin: s. IX med or IX²∕₂ (Bruckner)
Support: Parchment with leather and wooden binding.
Extent: 277 pp.
Format: 265 x 200 mm
Foliation: Pages numbered in red, with 256 repeated.
Collation: Mainly quaternions, except p. 272-277, a binio. On p. 16, quaternio mark II (Bruckner)
Condition: Strong, regular goatskin parchment, HFHF.
Page layout: Single column, 18 lines per page. Written area 17 x 14.6 (12.5) cm. (Bruckner). Drypoint ruling, circular prickings.
Writing and hands: Skilled St Gall Caroline minuscule by one s. IX hand.
Decoration: Initials, of artistic quality, decorated with red throughout (cf. the beginning, and pp. 13, 167). Some titles in capitalis quadrata and rustics. (Scarpatetti)
Additions: Occasional marginalia by a later (s. XVI) hand.
Binding: Ninth-century binding, light leather and wood, original parchment pastedowns. On the back pastedown a note (s. X-XI) about a miracle of St Martin, and probationes pennae, the latter also found on the front pastedown. Might be identified with entries in the ninth-century St Gall library catalogues, e.g.: ‘Vita sancti martini, optime scripta’ [Lehmann, MBKDS, p. 78].
Contents:
  • 1. p. 2-69 Sulpicius Severus: De vita sancti Martini >Incipit απολογια seueri rhetoris de uita sancti martini< Seuerus desiderio fratri carissimo salutem. Ego quidem frater unanimis libellum …–… cumque legerit sed quicumque crediderit.
    Index Reference Numbers
    • BHL 5610; CPL 475
    Editions
    • Sulpicius Severus. Vita s. Martini, ed. J. Fontaine (SC 133). Paris: Éditions du cerf, 1967, p. 248-316. Critical edition but does not use this MS
    • Sulpicius Severus. Vita s. Martini, ed. C. Halm (CSEL 1). Vienna: C. Gerold, 1866, p. 109-137. Google Books Critical edition but does not use this MS
    Translation
    • Sulpitius Severus. On the Life of St. Martin, trans. A. Roberts (A Select Library of Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers 11). New York: The Christian Literature Company, 1894, p. 3-17. Google Books
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 2. p. 70-95 Sulpicius Severus: Epistulae 4 [3] >Incipit epistola seueri ad eusebium presbyterum postea episcopum< Hesterna die cum ad me plerique monachi …–… diues ingreditur. >Explicit.< Illinc nos ut spero custodiens me haec scribentem respicit, te legentem.
    • 2_1. (p. 70-77) Sulpicius Severus: Epistula 1 ad Eusebium
    • 2_2. (p. 77-85) Sulpicius Severus: Epistula 2 ad Aurelium diaconum
    • 2_3. (p. 86-88) Sulpicius Severus: Epistula 3 ad Bassulam [pars 1] CSEL 1, p. 146.2 - p.147.13
    • 2_4. (p. 88-95) Sulpicius Severus: Epistula 3 ad Bassulam [pars 2] CSEL 1, p. 147.14 - p. 151.10
    Index Reference Numbers
    • CPL 476
    Editions
    • Sulpicius Severus. Epistulae, ed. J. Fontaine (SC 133). Paris: Éditions du cerf, 1967, p. 316-344.
    • Sulpicius Severus. Epistulae, ed. C. Halm (CSEL 1). Vienna: C. Gerold, 1866, p. 138-151. Google Books Critical edition but does not use this MS
    Translation
    • Sulpitius Severus. Letters, trans. A. Roberts (A Select Library of Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers 11). New York: The Christian Literature Company, 1894, p. 18-23. Google Books
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 3. p. 96-254 Sulpicius Severus: Dialogi >Incipit capitula dialogi seueri< I. Ubi postumianus edisserit prosperitatem nauigationis …–… et ad martinum nostrum galle redeamus.
    • 3_1. (p. 96-99) Capitula
    • 3_2. (p. 100-254) Dialogi I-III
    Index Reference Numbers
    • CPL 477
    Editions
    • Sulpicius Severus. Dialogi, ed. C. Halm (CSEL 1). Vienna: C. Gerold, 1866, p. 152-215.7. Google Books Critical edition but does not use this MS
    Translation
    • Sulpitius Severus. The Dialogues, trans. A. Roberts (A Select Library of Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers 11). New York: The Christian Literature Company, 1894, p. 24-54. Google Books
  • 4. p. 254-266 Gregorius Turonensis: [Excerpta de sancto Martino]
    • 4_1. (p. 254-257) Gregorius Turonensis: Historia Francorum [I.48] >Incipit epistola de obitu sancti martini episcopi< Archadio uero et honorio principibus Sanctus martinus turonorum episcopus plenus uirtutibus …–… sancti martini anni quadringenti duodecim computantur.
      Index Reference Numbers
      • CPL 1023
      Editions
      • Gregorius Turonensis. Liber I Historiarum, ed. B. Krusch and W. Levison (MGH SS rer. Merov. 1/1). Hannover: Hahn, 1951, p. 32-34. dMGH Critical edition but does not use this manuscript
      Translation
      • Gregory of Tours. History of the Franks, trans. E. Brehaut (Records of civilization, sources and studies 2). New York: Columbia University Press, 1916, p. 15-17. Internet Archive
      Bibliography
      • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
    • 4_2. (p. 257-266) Gregorius Turonensis: De virtutibus sancti Martini [I.4-6] >Item uersiculus de transitu sancti martini< Beatus autem seuerinus coloniensis cuitatis episcopus …–… cognouimus silere nequiuimus.
      Index Reference Numbers
      • CPL 1024
      Editions
      • Gregorius Turonensis. De virtutibus sancti Martini, ed. B. Krusch (MGH SS rer. Merov. 1/2). Hannover: Hahn, 1969, p. 140-142. dMGH Critical edition but does not use this manuscript
      Bibliography
      • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
  • 5. p. 267-274 Gregorius Turonensis: Historia Francorum [II.1; Vita beati Briccii] >Incipit uita beati briccii episcopi atque confessoris< Igitur post excessum beati martini …–… successit magnificę sanctitatis. Pręstante domino nostro … >Explicit uita sancti briccii episcopi atque confessoris.<
    Index Reference Numbers
    • CPL 1023, BHL 1452
    Editions
    • Gregorius Turonensis. Liber II Historiarum, ed. B. Krusch and W. Levison (MGH SS rer. Merov. 1/1). Hannover: Hahn, 1951, p. 37-38. dMGH Critical edition but does not use this manuscript
    Bibliography
    • For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA
Acquisition of the manuscript: Ownership note (s. XVIII) on p. 2 Liber S Gallj [Bruckner/Scarpatetti]
Codicological Bibliography
  • Scarpatetti, Matthias von. Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen (Vol. 1/4). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2003, p. 33-35.
  • Bruckner, Albert. Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz: St. Gallen II (Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 108.
  • Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875, p. 176. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen