St. Gall, Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Cod. 914, pp. 1-172

Saint Gall Rule of Benedict Facsimile Edition

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The Saint Gall Rule of Benedict is a copy of the rule for laymen living in Christian communities drawn up by Saint Benedict, abbot of the monastery living according to that rule at Montecassino. Copied at Saint Gall around 810-830 and relying on an early exemplar (traced by tradition to the author), the text is written in the regional script called Alemannic Minuscule with chapter headings and numbers in Uncials.  During the Middle Ages and early modern period, Biblical quotations and glosses, some in German, were added, as were crude marginal drawings.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Saint Gall Rule of Benedict": Regula Benedicti: de codice 914 in bibliotheca monasterii S. Galli servato (fol. 1r-86v[85v] = pp.1-172; saec. IX ) facsimile edition, published by Eos-Verlag, 1983

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Manuscript book description compiled by Elizabeth C. Teviotdale.
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Regula Benedicti: de codice 914 in bibliotheca monasterii S. Galli servato (fol. 1r-86v[85v] = pp.1-172; saec. IX )

St. Ottilien: Eos-Verlag, 1983

  • Commentary (German) by Bischoff, Bernard; Morin, Germain; Amelli, Ambrogio; Probst, Benedikt
  • This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Saint Gall Rule of Benedict: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

The black and white facsimile reproduces only fols. 1-86v of the original document (where two folios were mistakenly numbered 34 in the manuscript).

The 1900 Diplomatic Edition is interspersed with the reproduced folios, each time facing the relevant page.

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