Abbreviated Psalter Fragments

Julian recently noticed a fragment in the front binding of CSG 97, here.  The incipit is: Domine quid multiplicati sunt... (Ps. 3.2) and the explicit is: ...Domine ne in furore tuo ar- (Ps. 6.2)

This fragment continues onto the next page (inc.: -guas me neque in ira tua... [Ps. 6.2]) in the manuscript, though it was not previously apparent in the digital presentation.

The text of the fragment, strangely enough, is the same as the main text of the manuscript, namely the abbreviated Psalter compiled by 'Einhard'.  It appears in full (including the sections found in the fragment) from pp. 3-43.  This abbreviation is based on the Gallican psalter (iuxta LXX).  

This suggests that St Gall may have had two copies of the Einhard abbreviated psalter, one of which was later used to bind the other.

The edition of Einhard's abbreviated psalter in CCCM 47 (ed. P. Salmon) is based on a manuscript now in Vercelli (A.C. ms. 149).  That manuscript's text actually uses the Psalterium romanum (online here) as its basis, though it is identical in terms of the preface and the verses selected to the main text of CSG 97.

St Gall Plan Job

Manuscripts Specialist (Staff Research Associate III)

Under the direction of the project's Principal Investigator Professor Patrick Geary and the Project Manager Dr. Julian Hendrix, the Research Associate will be responsible for directing and performing archival and library research, and for identifying and analyzing the linguistic, orthographic, paleographic and textual features of some 168 medieval manuscripts for the research project "Creation of Virtual Libraries of the Carolingian Monasteries of St. Gall and Reichenau." Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this project will make accessible online digital images, descriptions, and contextual data of ninth-century manuscripts from libraries at St. Gall and Reichenau. The Research Associate will assist the Project Manager with the development of XML templates and user interfaces for the project's manuscript website. The Research Associate will also assist the Project Manager in creating descriptions and indices of the manuscripts' contents as well as be responsible for writing thematic essays highlighting significant elements of the manuscript collection for publication on the project website.

Candidates must have a PhD in some area of medieval studies and strong Latin and German, as well as extensive knowledge of Carolingian paleography and codicology, and experience working with early medieval manuscripts. Experience working with XML markup and web design is strongly preferred.

This is an eleven month (08/01/11 - 06/30/12), grant-funded position. In addition to completing the online application at hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=15980 (you can not be considered for the position without applying on-line), please send a copy of your letter of application (cover letter) and CV to the project PI, Professor Patrick Geary, by email to geary@ucla.edu AND Project Manager Dr. Julian Hendrix, email jhendrix@ucla.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately.

Stuttgart and Cambridge manuscripts now available

Three manuscripts now at the Stuttgart Württembergische Landesbibliothek are now available: Cod. Don. 191 (Hadrianum Sacramentary); HB II 20 (Bible: I-IV Rg); HB VII 12 (Jerome, Epistulae).


Also available is Cambridge, Trinity College B.17.1, which contains a Greco-Latin psalter.