St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 987, Digital Colorchecker – Illustrated composite manuscript of edifying texts from the community of lay brothers of the Monastery of St. Gall with three edifying treatises in German
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 987, Digital Colorchecker – Illustrated composite manuscript of edifying texts from the community of lay brothers of the Monastery of St. Gall with three edifying treatises in German
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Paper · 602 pp. · 28.5 x 21 cm · region of Lake Constance, community of lay brothers of the Monastery of St. Gall · 1454
Illustrated composite manuscript of edifying texts from the community of lay brothers of the Monastery of St. Gall with three edifying treatises in German
Manuscript Summary:This manuscript contains three substantial treatises in German. At the beginning there is the life of Archbishop Johannes of Alexandria (pp. 5−83), written by Anastasius Bibliothecarius. It is followed by the edifying treatise Die vierundzwanzig Alten oder der goldene Thron der minnenden Seele by Otto of Passau (pp. 87−544) and the History of the Three Kings (Historia trium regum) by John of Hildesheim (pp. 546−602). The treatise by Otto of Passau is illustrated with 25 colored pen and ink drawings, outlined in red and extending the width of the column. The History of the Three Kings begins with a full-page miniature (p. 546), which shows the three Magi visiting the infant Jesus. The scribe and the illustrators of this manuscript, which possibly originated in the circle of the community of lay brothers of St. Gall, are unknown; stylistic characteristics suggest the Konstanz book illumination of Rudolf Stahel. The manuscript is dated to the year 1454 in three places (p. 93 as an inscription in a picture; p. 544; p. 602). In the 15th century the manuscript was the property of the community of lay brothers of the Monastery of St. Gall (who did not know Latin); in 1618 the manuscript was still in the library of the community of lay brothers. At least since 1755 it has been attested in the main library of St. Gall Abbey.(smu)
Standard description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 373-374.
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Additional description: Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550, Dietikon-Zürich, 1991, III, S. 86, Nr. 238.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 987
Paper · 602 pp. · 28.5 x 21 cm · region of Lake Constance, community of lay brothers of the Monastery of St. Gall · 1454
Illustrated composite manuscript of edifying texts from the community of lay brothers of the Monastery of St. Gall with three edifying treatises in German
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Paper · 602 pp. · 28.5 x 21 cm · region of Lake Constance, community of lay brothers of the Monastery of St. Gall · 1454
Illustrated composite manuscript of edifying texts from the community of lay brothers of the Monastery of St. Gall with three edifying treatises in German
1.
S. 5-83Von Johannenn dem patriarchen dem bisehoff von Alexandria. Es ist ein stat genampt alexandria …–…
der da ain bischoff was in alexandria ze helff amen.
(S. Johann der Almosenspender †619; Gedächtnisstag der 23. Januar. Sein Leben schrieb Leontius Bischof von Neapolis auf Cypern im 7ten Jh.)
2.
S. 87-545Das Buch der XXIV Alten
(mit 24 gemalten Vignetten).
3.
S. 546-602Legende der h. III Könige
(mit einer Abbildung in Blattgrösse). Verfasser: Johannes ep. Hildeshemensis (†1375); die Uebersetzung ist dieselbe wie in den alten Drucken (Hain 9395 bis 9403) vgl. Göthe's Werke 1840 Bd. 31 p. 260 und Hartzheim Catalogus Codd. Colon. p. 146-148.
Provenance of the manuscript: Dem Bruderhaus in S. Gallen gehörig.