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. 1853c |
Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Br. Mathias Jansen, Interpretation of the paintings of St. Gallen Cathedral and report on the elevation of the remains of St. Otmar in 1774 |
Caption: | Caption Paper · 236 pp. · 10.5 x 8 cm · Convent of Capuchin nuns Notkersegg near St. Gallen: Br. Mathias Jansen · 1774 |
Language: |
Language
German |
Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary This small-format volume contains two written works by the hand of Mathias Jansen, as attested by a 1774 colophon on p. 201. On pp. 7-39, Jansen gives a kind of inventory of the paintings of St. Gallen Cathedral, describing each vault and field. Page 20 contains a report on the improvement of a painting representing St. Otmar and other saints.The second work, on pp. 40-201, collects historical reports about the life, the afterlife and the cult of St. Otmar, which take the form of log entries recording decisions as well as preparations for and the process of actions related to the cult of the saint, such as the elevation of the remains of St. Otmar in 1773/1774. On p. 99, there is a drawing of a decorated altar. Pages 202-207 contain later additions from 1823 or shortly thereafter. On p. 39 and p. 202 there are sporadic entries (after 1823) about the bas-reliefs by the sculptor Johann Christian Wentzinger, on p. 39 also about the new paintings by the artist Antonio Moretto in the choir. Pages 1-6 and 208-236 are blank. According to a note on the inside of the front cover, this book, originally from the Notkersegg Convent of Capuchin nuns, became the property of St. Gall Bishop Greith probably around 1852. Since 1930 it has been held in the Abbey Library as a deposit of the episcopal library. |
Standard description: | Standard description Scarpatetti Beat Matthias von, Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Codices 1726-1984 (14.-19. Jahrhundert), Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen 1983, S. 96.Show standard description |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-csg-1853c (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-1853c) |
Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/1853c |
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How to quote: | How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1853c: Br. Mathias Jansen, Interpretation of the paintings of St. Gallen Cathedral and report on the elevation of the remains of St. Otmar in 1774 (https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/1853c). |
Online Since: | Online Since 06/13/2019 |
Additional literature: | Additional literature Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
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Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
Century: |
Century
18th century |
Dated: |
Dated
1774 |
Decoration: |
Decoration
Other, Penwork, Text Block |
Binding: |
Binding
18th century |
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