Monday, June 20, 2011

Monastic Manuscript Project

A number of the manuscripts in the virtual library are included in Albrecht Diem's Monastic Manuscript Project, which contains a wealth of information about texts related to early medieval monasticism.

Monday, June 6, 2011

All Manuscripts Now Have Minimal Catalogue Information

All new manuscripts (listed in the post below) now have minimal catalogue information.  Just to get things started!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Updated Summary of Manuscripts Online

MS Shelfmark
Contents
Date
Origin
- Amalarius, Eclogae de officio missae
- Expositio missae
- Theodulf of Orleans, Capitula ad presbyteros parochiae suae
- Haito, Capitulare
- Walafrid Strabo, De rebus ecclesiasticis
- Expositiones orationis dominicae
- Augustine, Symboli apostolici exposition
- Athanasius, Symboli Expositio
- De baptismo expositions variae
- Alcuin, Tractatus de baptismi caeremoniis
- Amalarius, [Capitula nonnulla ex libris] De ecclesiasticis officiis
- Bede, De temporum ratione
9 2/3
S.W. Germany



Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Many New Manuscripts Added

34 new manuscripts from Karlsruhe and Zurich are now available on the website.  Here is a list and brief contents:


Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 2
 Gregory I, Moralia in Job
8/9
Verona
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 3
 Gregory I, Moralia in Job
8/9
Verona
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 4
 Gregory I, Moralia in Job
8/9
Verona
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 14
 Homiliary (winter)
9 1/3-2/3
W. Germany
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 15
 Homiliary (summer)
9 1/3-2/3
W. Germany
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 26
 Ps. Jerome, Breviarium in Psalmos
9 1/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 29
 Paul the Deacon, Homiliary
9 2/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 31
 Jerome, Commentarii in Isaiam (14-18)
Before 838
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 32
 Passionary
Before 846
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 35
 Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos
9 2/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 38
- Psalterium triplex
- Cantica
9 2/4
Francia?  Germany?
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 43
 Bede, In Actus apostolorum, Epistulas catholicas, Apocalypsin
9 2/4
Tours
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 45
 Prosper, Expositio Psalmorum (100-150)
9 3/3
Reichenau?
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 60
Antiphonarium Benedictinum totius anni
12
?
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 101
 Hegesippus (abbreviation of Flavius Josephus’ Bellum Judaicum)
9 2/4
N. Italy
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 102
 Hilary, De Trinitate
9 ¼
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 105
 Jerome, Epistulae
8/9
Lorsch
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 109
Part I:
- Praedestinatus
- Gennadius
- etc.
Part II:
Passio S. Ianuarii
Before 846 (Part I);
Probably before 871 (Part II)
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 111
Part I:
- Isidore, Allegoriae
- Evagrius, Sententiae
- etc.
Part II:
- Glossary
- Visio cuiusdam pauperculae mulieris
Part III:
- Heito, Visio Wettini
9 ¼ (I & II)
9 2/4 (III)
S.W. Germany
(Part III: Reichenau?) 
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 126
 Origen, In Epist. ad Romanos.
9 2/4
S.W. Germany (?)
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 128
 - Rule of St. Benedict
 - Martyrology
9 3/3
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 141
 Explanatio brevis in epistulas Pauli (Rm, Phil, Col, I Th)
9 3/3
S.W. Germany (likely Reichenau)
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 155
 Cassiodorus, Expositio Psalmorum (Abbreviatio)
9 ¼
Near Lake Constance
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 164
- Ansebertus, Carmen de S. Audoeno
- Cassian, De institutis coenobiorum
- Isidore, Synonyma
9 ¾
possibly Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 191
- Quaestiunculae super evangelia
- Ps. Augustine, De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae
9 ¼
Alemannia
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 202
Part I:
- Jerome, Excerpta
- Gregory, Homiliae II in Cantica Canticorum
Part II:
- Passiones et Vitae Sanctorum
9 ¼ (I)
9 2/4 (II)
East Francia (I)
N.E. Francia + S.W. Germany (II)
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 223
 Jerome, Commentarii in Isaiam (6-13)
9 4/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 236
- Ambrose, De bono mortis
- etc.
- Augustine, De immortalitate animae
- etc.
9 2/4
Reichenau
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 240
 Gregory I, Liber pastoralis
7/8
Verona?
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 245
 Jerome, Commentarius in Ecclesiasten
9 ¾
S. Germany
Karlsruhe, LB Perg. Aug. 251
- Faustinus, De Trinitate
- Arii Disputatio
- Augustine, Contra sermonem Arrianroum
- Ambrose, Epistulae 24, 17, etc.
8/9
N. Italy
Zurich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 59
- Aldhelm, De laudibus virginum
- Aldhelm, De octo principalibus vitiis
9
St Gall
Zurich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rh. Hist. 28
- Rule of St. Benedict
- Rule of Columbanus
- Rule of St. Augustine
- Rule of St. Paul and St. Stephan
- Monastic documents
- Heito, Visio Wettini (with preface and capitula)
- Monastic proverbs
- Martyrologium
- Reichenau necrology
- Homilies
9, 10, 12
Reichenau
Zurich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rh. 73
- Adamnan, De Locis Sanctis
- Venantius Fortunatus, De Virginitate sanctae Mariae
- Anthony of Piacenza, Itinerarium
- Bede, In Libros Regum
9 ½ (before 842)
Reichenau

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

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.


Monday, May 23, 2011

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.

Monday, May 2, 2011

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.