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painting of King David receiving his harp) and Abbot Harmut prepared to receive the Psalter with open arms (far right side of tympanum painting of the Ark of the Covenant transported by an oxen drawn wagon) are each found on the extreme ends of the folio on either side of the centralized bust of
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Folchardi : (Stiftsbibliothek Sankt Gallen, Cod. 23) : Beschreibung der buchkĂĽnstlerischen Ausstattung. Codices illuminati medii aevi ; 11 (MĂĽnchen : H. Lengenfelder, 1989)
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Schmid, Alfred A. ed., Riforma religiosa e arti nell'epoca carolingia. Atti del XXIV Congresso internazinale di storia dell'arte, 1, (Bologna 1983): 99–107.
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The St. Gall Collegiate Library Accession for this manuscript is designated as “Cod. Sang. 23”—for Codex Sangallenses no. 23. Dimensions: 38 x 29 cm.
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Folchardus is attested to being a monk at St. Gall from 849 to 854 and 898–899. Curiously, Folchardus is not mentioned in the
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Ochsenbein, Peter and Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, Der Folchart-Psalter aus der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen (1987)
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Landsberger, Franz, Der St. Galler Folchart-Psalter; eine Initialenstudie. (St. Gallen, Fehr, 1912)
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Christ in the spandrel on the “Dedication Page” on folio 12. He is also probably the artist of the
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Hunc praeceptoris Hartmoti iussa secutus/ Folchardus studuit rite patrare librum
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is often cited as a masterpiece of late Carolingian illumination.
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Folchardus penned, on folios 26–27, the following inscription: "
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in 858, and a deacon no later than 860; he was elected
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Psalm 51 (52)
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