The Plan of St. Gall a study of the architecture & economy of & life in a paradigmatic Carolingian monastery |
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THE CHOIRMASTER
(CANTOR)
"The choirmaster," Abbot Wala states, "should regulate
whatever pertains to the chant."[60]
He is assisted in this
task by others specially trained in chant, the praecentor, the
succentor and the concentor.[61]
Since the service books used
in the chant and other phases of the divine service formed
the nucleus of every monastic library the choirmaster, in
early times served often as librarian.[62]
Under the impetus
of the Carolingian revival of learning, this latter function
was transferred to a special official, the librarian.[63]
In the monastery of St. Gall this office was instituted under Abbot
Grimald (841-872). The first known holder of the title is Liuthard
(858-886), whose name appears on charters as diaconus et bibliothecarius
and as monachus et bibliothecarius (Bruckner, 1938, 33). Librarians of
unusual distinction, at the monastery of St. Gall, were Notker Balbulus,
who served under Abbot Hartmut (872-883) and Waldram, who served
under Abbot Solomon III (890-919). See Bruckner, op. cit., 39.
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