| Country | Location, Library | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Überlingen, Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek | 1 |
| Austria | St. Paul in Kärnten, Stiftsbibliothek St. Paul im Lavanttal | 1 |
| Country | Location, Library | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| France | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France | 1 |
| United States of America | Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art | 1 |
| Russia | St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia | 1 |
Number of manuscripts: 10
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. chart. 124
Paper · 143 pp. · 15.5 x 10.5 cm · 1495
This manuscript contains a tract on the Passion in the High Allemanian language, consisting of a collection of materials from the four Gospels, the apocryphal Gospel of Jacob and Ps.-Anselm of Canterbury. The manuscript was written in 1494 by Barbara Grünenbächin, a person of unknown origin, not listed as a member of the choir at Hermetschwil. It belonged to the Cloister of Hermetschwil and was recorded in the catalog there as of 1697.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. chart. 208
Paper · 102 ff. · 14.5 x 10.5 cm · first quarter of the 15th century
This prayer book from the first quarter of the 15th century, written in High Allemanic dialect, contains among other items the "Hundred Meditations" (Hundert Betrachtungen) by Heinrich Seuss and an extract from the Eucharistic tract of Marquard von Lindau.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 6
Parchment · 274 pp. · 41.5-42.5 x 29.5 cm · southwestern German region · second half of the 12th /beginning of the 13th century
Lectionary from the second half of the 12th century or beginning of the 13th century from a Benedictine cloister in the southwestern German region, as indicated by the naming of various saints from this area. This is likely among the manuscripts brought to Hermetschwil by the nuns from the Double Cloister of Muri. Adorned with many figured and historiated initials.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 8
Parchment and paper · 92 ff. · 31 x 23.5 cm · 1427
Written in 1427, possibly by Brother Thomas de Austria ordinis sancti Johannis. Using illustrations and texts, the Speculum humanae salvationis portrays selected tales of healing from the Old and New Testaments. Richly decorated with pen sketches, this is one of the most beautiful manuscripts held by the Cloister of Muri; it was listed in the manuscript catalog there as of 1744.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 10
Parchment · 160 ff. · 30.5 x 22.5 cm · Engelberg (?) · around 1175
This manuscript was probably created in Engelberg Abbey around 1175, as the type of writing and a note within the manuscript (c. 8va) seem to confirm. It contains additions and annotations from around 1400. The manuscript’s main text contains a copy of the so-called Reichenauer Kaiserchronik by Hermannus Augiensis (or Hermannus Contractus) and of the Excerpta of the continuation of the Chronicle by Bertholdus Augiensis. Among the notes added in the first half of the 14th century is one attesting to the transfer of the diocese from Windisch to Constance at the time of King Dagobert (29v). The last page contained notes about the history of Muri Abbey in the 14th and 15th century, which were probably removed in the 19th century. This manuscript is mentioned in the 1744 list of Muri manuscripts, but probably it was already held by the abbey around 1500.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 19
Parchment · 161 ff. · 21.5 x 15 cm · Southwest Germany · 12th century
This psalter from the 12th century is part of a collection formerly owned by the library of the double cloister of Muri. It was later transferred to the cloister at Hermetschwil. The cycle of miniatures is incomplete; the calendar includes one row of death records.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 20
Parchment · 87 ff. · 22 x 16.5 cm · Muri · 12th century
This psalter was written during the 12th century in the Cloister of Muri. The death records in the calendar include both nuns and monks who were members of the Muri cloister community and are thus an important witness for the existence of the double cloister.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 35
Parchment · 141 ff. · 17.5 x 11.5 cm · Savoyard or western Swiss origin · about 1490
This book of hours of Savoyard or western Swiss origin, produced in about 1490, was originally the property of the Bern patrician Thomas Schöni and his wife Jeanne d'Arbignon. The miniatures were ascribed to the "Meister de Breviers des Jost von Silenen".
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 69
Parchment · 98 ff. · 9 x 6.5 cm · 12th century
This small 12th century prayer book, the oldest in the German language, was written for a woman. It contains various prayers in German and Latin, including the famous "Mary Sequence of Muri" ("Mariensequenz aus Muri"), the oldest known German language version of the Latin sequence model, the Ave preclara maris stella. During the 19th century the manuscript was linked to Queen Agnes (ca. 1281-1364), who had lived in the Cloister of Königsfeld. It is listed in the manuscript catalog of the Cloister of Muri as of 1790.
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 83
Parchment · 8 ff. · 21 x 16 cm · Muri (?) · first half of the 12th century
This cycle of miniatures from the first half of the 12th century is the work of two artists. The cycle was bound after having already been cut to create a volume; it is likely that it originally preceded a psalter.