This manuscript was written at the behest of St. Gall Abbot Ulrich
Rösch (1463-1491) (dating on f. 227r: 1467). Its content
corresponds substantially to that of Cod. Sang. 438: a Psalter with
the Psalms in biblical order, as well as several liturgical
rubrics, antiphons (partly only with the Initium) and hymns are
followed from f. 148v by Cantica, and from f. 172v by a hymnal.
Antiphons and hymns have melodies in German plainsong notation
("Hufnagelnotation") on 4 or 5 lines. Numerous erasures (sometimes
extending over several pages) and additions, as well as other signs
of usage, attest to intensive use of the manuscript. Several pages
have book decorations in the form of initials with vine scrolls; a
figure initial can be found on f. 104v (David with a harp).
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