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700/882
| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location St. Gallen |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. Sang. 965 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title 15th century composite manuscript containing ascetic-mystical texts |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · 484 pp. · 21.2 x 14.7 cm · community of the sisters of St. Georgen above St. Gall; Friedrich Kölner (or Colner); other (three?) scribes · 1430/36 (parts by Kölner); 15th century (other parts) |
| Language: |
Language
Alemannic |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary This composite manuscript in Northeastern Swiss-Alemannic dialect was probably written for the community of the sisters of St. Georgen above St. Gall; it contains numerous shorter and longer texts by known and unknown authors, among them: pp. 1−106: Thomas à Kempis, 3rd book of the Imitatio Christi; pp. 106−123: Bonaventure, excerpts from the work De triplici via; pp. 124−126: preacher of St. Georgen, sermon Geistliche Blume; pp. 126−134: Meister Eckhart (attributed), treatise Von der Vollkommenheit; pp. 135−166: Johannes Tauler, sermon on Mt 13,8 and other sermon excerpts; pp. 167−181: two anonymous sermons Vom Leiden und Meiden; pp. 184−259: treatise from the “Schwester Katrei"; pp. 259−268 anonymous didactic dialog with Timothy’s questions to Paul; pp. 271−372: Johannes of Neumarkt, excerpts from the 3rd so-called Jerome letter; pp. 377−407: Marquard of Lindau, Job-treatise; pp. 409−434 and pp. 472−481 (wrongly bound together by a bookbinder): Das Buch des Lebens by an anonymous author; pp. 435−442: excerpts from Meister Wichwolt (Cronica Alexandri des grossen Königs); pp. 446−448: Ps.-Bertold of Regensburg, Bertold’s ten lessons for a spiritual sister. About half of the texts were written by the Reformist monk Friedrich Kölner from Hersfeld, who was active at St. Gall Abbey from 1430 until 1436; the other parts were written in the 15th century by three other hands. |
| Standard description: | Standard description Beschreibung von Eva Irblich, 1969.Show standard description |
| Additional description: | Additional description Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 360-361.Show additional description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-csg-0965 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0965) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link http://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/csg/0965 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
http://e-codices.unifr.ch./metadata/iiif/csg-0965/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 965: 15th century composite manuscript containing ascetic-mystical texts (http://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/csg/0965). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 03/17/2016 |
| Additional literature: | Additional literature Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
| External resources: | External resources |
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
15th century |
| With in situ fragment: |
With in situ fragment
Offset |
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