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783/890
| 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. 1365 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title The private prayer book of St. Gall abbot Otmar Kunz |
| Caption: | Caption Parchment · 110 pp. · 16 x 12 cm · commissioned by Abbot Otmar Kunz · 1574 |
| Language: |
Language
Latin |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary Abbot Otmar Kunz’s (1564−1577) small format prayer book, with several pages of rich decoration (flowers, vines, animals), was written and illustrated in 1574 by unknown artists. Especially noteworthy are two full page miniatures. On p. 4, Abbot Otmar Kunz, dressed in ceremonial regalia, kneels in a landscape with a city, hills and trees, above him is God with the terrestrial globe and with his hand raised in blessing. On p. 10, the St. Gall abbot, dressed in a simple monk’s habit, kneels with Mary and John beneath the Cross of Christ. The prayer book contains (from p. 11 on) the so-called 5 Passion Psalms (Ps 22, 31, 55, 69, 109). These are followed by the 15 Gradual Psalms, the vigil for the deceased, as well as the 7 Penitential Psalms with the Litany of the Saints. After the death of Abbot Otmar, a scribe with the initials FVF added a prayer (pp. 105−109); probably this was Brother Ulpianus Fischer from Überlingen, who joined the Abbey of St. Gall in 1583. In 1594, the former abbot’s prayer book belonged to St. Gall monk Georg Spengler († 1609), who was born in Wil. In 1599 the manuscript received its current binding with blind stamp decoration. |
| Standard description: | Standard description Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 452.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-csg-1365 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-1365) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/csg/1365 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.unifr.ch./metadata/iiif/csg-1365/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1365: The private prayer book of St. Gall abbot Otmar Kunz (https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/csg/1365). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 06/22/2017 |
| Additional literature: | Additional literature Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
16th century |
| Dated: |
Dated
1574 |
| Decoration: |
Decoration
Figurative, Full Page, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Margin, Ornamental, Penwork |
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Die schönsten Seiten der Schweiz. Geistliche und weltliche Handschriften / Trésors enluminés de Suisse. Manuscrits sacrés et profanes, M. Bernasconi Reusser, C. Flüeler, B. Roux (ed.), Cinisello Balsamo 2020,166-167, Nr. 18 (C. Dora).