Psalms and Psalters in the Manuscript Fragments Preserved in the Abbey Library of Sankt Gallen
María Adelaida Andrés Sanz
This study focuses on three series of manuscript fragments dating from the seventh to tenth century where passages Psalter were copied. Most are currently preserved at Library Abbey Sankt Gallen, and their digital reproductions available Fragmentarium: Cod. Sang. 1395 II, pp. 336-361 [F-4b1o]; III, 368-391 [F-jo7w]; 1397 V, 1-12, 37-42 [F-i8qo]. These provide basis for identification primary characteristics original codices as well information texts they transmit: content, version used, marginal notes, use manuscripts after Likewise, subsequent reuse these manuscripts, once transformed into fragmentary material, is reconstructed, specifically concerning dispersal in several libraries, being bound host volumes, evidence offsets, traces missing fragments. leads some basic methodological conclusions how deal with collections fragments, emphasizing vast fruitful research opportunity presented by such collections, especially collection Gallen.
Fragmentology