St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 163
Manuscript title: , Enarrationes in Psalmos (Ps. LI-LXXVI)
Place of origin: St. Gall
Date of origin: s. IX, 2/4-3/4
Support: Parchment
Format: 324-325 x 249 mm
Collation:
pp. 1-96 = I-VI8,
pp. 97-120 = VII-VIII6,
pp. 121-160 and 162-185 = IX-XII8,
pp. 186-197 = XIII6,
pp. 198-207 = XIV6 (wants 2?),
pp. 208-287 = XV-XIX8,
pp. 288-299 = XX6,
pp. 300-309 = XXI6 (wants 2?),
pp. 310-341 = XXII-XXIII8,
pp. 342-359 = XXIV10 (wants 2),
pp. 360-407 = XXV-XXVII8,
pp. 408-411 = XXVIII2,
pp. 412-491 = XXIX-XXXIII8,
pp. 492-501 = [XXXIV]6 (wants 1?).
[Each quire, with the exception of quire 34, has been numbered with arabic numerals written in red crayon on the last leaf (lower margin); this provisional foliation by JAW has been made on the basis of Bruckner's description, supplemented by examination of the page-images.]
Page layout:
A single column of 29 lines (228-234 x 189-190 mm).
Writing and hands: Mulitple hands writing Caroline minuscule, with rubrics in rustic capitals, and contemporary marginal and interlinear corrections.
Contents:
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p. 2-500
Enarrationes in Psalmos (Ps. LI-LXXVI)
>In hoc codice continentur tractatus aurelii augustini a psalmo quinquagesimo primo usque ad psalmum septuagesimum septimum. Incipit tractatus aurelii augustini de psalmo L.I.mo.<
Psalmus breuis est de quo loquendum suscepimus caritati uestrae sed titulum habet aliquantulum negotiosum …–…
et expulerunt te a se ut in mari es[s]et uia tua et uestigia tua non cognoscerent.
>Explicit de psalmo LXXVI.<
Index Reference Number
- CPL 283
Editions- Aurelius Augustinus. Enarrationes in Psalmos, ed. E. Dekkers and J. Fraipont (CCSL 38-40). Turnhout: Brepols, 1956. The portion of the text in this MS is found at 39.623-1066
- Aurelius Augustinus. Enarrationes in Psalmos. PL 36-37: 67-1028 and 1033-1968. On Google Books (combined volume), with the text of this MS at 36.599-982
Translation- Augustine. Expositions on the Book of Psalms (A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church 24-25, 30, 32, 37, 39). Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1847-1857. All six volumes are on Google Books: 24 (Ps. 1-36 [1-35 Vulg.]), 25 (Ps. 37-52 [36-51 Vulg.]), 30 (Ps. 53-75 [52-74 Vulg.]), 32 (Ps. 76-101 [75-100 Vulg.]), 37 (Ps. 102-125 [101-124 Vulg.]), and 39 (Ps. 126-150 [125-150 Vulg.]). The translation of the portion of the text contained in this manuscript (Ps. 51-76 [52-77 in the translation]) begins on vol. 25, p. 387, and continues to vol. 32, p. 42.
Bibliography
Origin of the manuscript:
s. IX, 2/4-3/4 (listed among the books acquired under Abbot Grimalt [AD 841-872] in CSG 257 [MBKDS I, 83.35-84.1], and in the ninth-century general booklist in CSG 728, p. 8, line 10 [MBKDS I, 74.10-11])
Codicological Bibliography
- Bruckner, Albert. Scriptoria medii aevi Helvetica (Vol. 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 76.
- Janner, Sara, and Romain Jurot. Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus (Vol. 9/2). Vienna: Verlag der ÖAW, 2001, p. 133.
- Lehmann, Paul. Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Deutschlands und der Schweiz (Vol. I). Munich: Beck, 1918, p. 74 and 83-84.
- Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibiliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875, p. 60. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
- For further bibliography, see: IMB