| Country | Location, Library | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Überlingen, Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek | 1 |
| Austria | St. Paul in Kärnten, Stiftsbibliothek St. Paul im Lavanttal | 1 |
| Country | Location, Library | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| France | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France | 1 |
| United States of America | Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art | 1 |
| Russia | St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia | 1 |
Number of manuscripts: 468, displayed: 1 – 20
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 2
Parchment · 568 pp. · 25 x 17.5 cm · St. Gall · 760-780
A Winithar manuscript dating from the early period of the Abbey of St. Gall, containing books of the Old and New Testament.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 6
Parchment · 230 pp. · 25 x 18 cm · St. Gall · last quarter of the 8th century
Bible manuscript from the time of Abbot Werdo (784-812), containing books of the Old Testament.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 7
Parchment · 460 pp. · 23.5 x 17 cm · St. Gall · third quarter of the 9th century
Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing books of the Old Testament (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 8
Parchment · 52 pp. · 15.5 x 10.7-11.8 cm · St. Gall · 9th century
A somewhat carelessly made copy of the Old Testament book of Tobit, written around the end of the 9th century at the Abbey of St. Gall and probably used later for teaching in the school.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 10
Parchment · 477 pp. · 18.2 x 14.5-14.9 cm · St. Gall · 10th century
Copies of various Old Testament books: Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Wisdom, Sirach, written by a single hand during the 10th century at the Abbey of St. Gall. On the first empty page is a 16-hexameter complaint in verse by an Irish monk (Dubduin?) about his unfriendly reception at the Abbey of St. Gall.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 11
Parchment · 536 pp. · 22 x 13 cm · St. Gall · 760-780 and last quarter of the 8th century
A Winithar manuscript containing excerpts from books of the Old and New Testament.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 12
Parchment · 346 pp. · 23.5 x 15.5 cm · St. Gall · first third of the 10th century and last quarter of the 8th century
Bible manuscript from the time of Abbots Waldo (782-784) and Werdo (784-812) containing books of the Old Testament. A more recent part containing the books of Proverbs and Job dates from the first third of the 10th century.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 14
Parchment · 340 pp. · 31.5 x 20.5 cm · St. Gall · first third of the 9th century
Books of the Old Testament, dating from the first third of the 9th century, containing annotation in the hand of Notker Balbulus († 912).
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 15
Parchment · 286 pp. · 29 x 22.5 cm · France, Northern (probably) · second half of the 9th century
Psalter, produced in the second half of the 9th century, possibly in northern France. Following the Psalms, which were heavily annotated with commentaries in later centuries (mainly the 14th and 15th centuries), the Psalter is followed by the Canticles as well as a fragment of a Litany of the Saints not produced at St. Gallen. The beautifully illuminated initial capital of the first Psalm (Beatus vir) on page 1 is strongly influenced by Irish models.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 17
Parchment · 342 pp. · 24 x 18.5 cm · St. Gall · 880-900
A copy of the Gospel of Matthew made in St. Gall in the 9th century, together with the beginning of a copy of the Gospel of Mark. The second half contains a Greek-Latin copy of Psalms 101 through 150, Canticles in addition to prayers (Magnificat, Te Deum, Pater Noster) and a Litany of the Saints, copied at the Abbey of St. Gall between 880 and 900 from a master copy presumed to have originated in Constantinople.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 18
Parchment · 194 pp. · 24.5 x 17.5 cm · St. Gall · about 1000
Collection of liturgical works, containing texts from the 9th through 12th centuries and an illustration of Pacificus of Verona's astronomical clock.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 19
Parchment · 138 pp. · 23.5 x 19 cm · St. Gall · third quarter of the 9th century
Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing a copy of the Hebrew Psalter: one volume of the so-called "Kleine Hartmut-Bibel".
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 20
Parchment · 362 pp. · 30.5 x 23.5 cm · St. Gall · about 820-830
The Wolfcoz Psalter – one of St. Gallen's earliest examples of illuminated initials of the highest quality.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 21
Parchment · 578 pp. · 31 x 24 cm · Einsiedeln · 12th century
Old High German translation and commentary on the Psalms by the monk Notker the German of St. Gallen, dating from around the year 1000. This 12th century copy from Einsiedeln is the only extant complete copy.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 22
Parchment · 344 pp. · 37 x 28 cm · St. Gall · about 883-888 and about 890-900
The Golden Psalter (Psalterium aureum) of St. Gallen, written and illuminated with 17 miniatures, either in the West Franconian empire (Soissons?) or in the monastery of St. Gall with the participation of West Franconian scribes and illuminators.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 23
Parchment · 368 pp. · 38 x 29 cm · St. Gall · 872-883
The Folchart Psalter, a masterpiece of late Carolingian illumination.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 26
Parchment · 118 pp. · 20.5-21 x 13.5-14 cm · Abbey of Malmesbury · 1301-1330
Short Psalter from the early 14th century, produced in the now dissolved west English Abbey of Malmesbury, with calendar and All Saints Litany, illustrated with artful initials and margin borders composed of leaves, flowers, animals and human heads. Acquired by the Cloister of St. Gall since 1500 at the latest, the volume was "augmented" at this location by the addition of some recipes for medical preparations.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 27
Parchment · 732 pp. · 32 x 24 cm · St. Gall · about 850-860
A glossed psalter from the Monastery of St. Gall, dating from the middle of the 9th century.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 28
Parchment · 265 pp. · 37 x 24 cm · St. Gall · first third of the 9th century
Books of the Old Testament from the time of the monk and master scribe Wolfcoz (ca. 820-840)
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 29
Parchment · 334 pp. · 23.7-24 x 15.5-16 cm · beginning of the 9th century, 13th century
A composite manuscript with three parts: 1) a copy of the Song of Songs, surrounded by a learned scholarly commentary from the 12th or 13th century, possibly from the Abbey of St. Gall, 2) a copy of the letter from Prosper of Aquitaine to Rufinus regarding De gratia et libero arbitrio, the work Pro Augustino responsiones ad capitula obiectionum Gallorum calumniantium by Prosper of Aquitaine, the work Responsiones ad Dulcitium de octo quaestionibus ab eo missis by Augustine, and the pseudo-Augustinian piece Hypomnosticon contra Pelagianos (like Cologne, Dombibliothek, Codex 79), 3) an incomplete copy of Augustine's work Enchiridion de fide, spe et caritate (a guide to belief, hope and love).