| 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: 8
Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 2
Parchment · 245 ff. · 45.5 x 31.5-33.0 cm · late 13th or early 14th century
Antiphonary for Franciscan use, dating from the late 13th or early 14th century (after 1260), but representing the earliest Franciscan edition. Contains the chants (text and music) for the entire year for the liturgical Office, including the feast for Anthony of Padua in its proper position and an added Office for Corpus Christi in a different hand (f. 157r-159v).
Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 17
Paper · 2 + 415 ff. · 29.1 x 21.2 cm · 15th century (main portion 1a-738b: 1462) and about 1485 and 1462
Master manuscript of the "Freiburger Perikopen". German language plenary with scripture selections for Mass in German, glosses and additional texts for Sunday and important holy days.
Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 25
Paper · 173 ff. · 28.0 x 20.5 cm · 1455
Codex 25, a paper manuscript from the middle of the 15th century, consists of two separate codicological textual units. The first contains an average quality copy (and selection) of the most important and earliest work of the Dominican Johannes Herolt, known as “Discipulus” (d. 1468): De eruditione Christifidelium. The second textual unit was written in 1455 by the scribe Franciscus de Gallandia from Yvonand. It goes by the title Fabulae moralizatate and consists of 122 Latin fables taken from various sources from antiquity, presented in the form of dialogs. Magninus Mediolanensis (d. 1376) and Nicolaus Pergamenus are identified as the authors. Beginning with the first print edition (1480) the Fabulae moralizatae were re-named Dialogus creaturarum optime moralizatus.
Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 26
Paper · 237 ff. · 28.9 x 20.6 cm · between 1370 and 1410
This manuscript with philosophical and theological content was written by assorted hands on paper; the 5 codicological parts contain 11 tracts by various 14th century authors, including 6 unique texts. The parts were produced between 1370 and 1410 and were re-ordered various times before the codex was bound in its current order, probably at the beginning of the 15th century in Fribourg. One of the scribes, who was also the owner and redactor of the volume, was Fredrich von Amberg (about 1350/60-1432), who lived from 1393-1432 in the Franciscan cloister in Fribourg and served two terms as guardian there. Friedrich was able to assemble these copies of the texts by either copying or purchasing them while studying in Strassburg, Paris, and Avignon.
Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 28
Paper · 157 ff. · 28.5 x 21.0 cm · about 1400
Codex 28 is a copy of the Defensor pacis, a treatise on the theory of the state, dedicated to Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria by Marsilius of Padua in 1324. Around the end of the 14th century, Friedrich von Amberg (ca. 1350-1432) obtained a not particularly carefully written copy from the German group, which provides the older redaction of Marsilius. Amberg corrected this version of the text, written on paper from the Middle German area with a watermark from the last decade of the 14th century, added marginal glosses and then had it bound.
Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 62
Paper · 9 + 262 + 2 ff. · 21 x 14.5 cm · about 1406
Codex 62 is typical of composite manuscripts from the time around 1400 found in Franciscan convents. It contains sermonic material by known and unknown authors in the form of complete sermons, thematic selections and exempla. It is made up of 15 codicological units. Friederich von Amberg (ca. 1350-1432) assembled this collection, added a table of contents, and had it bound in Fribourg (Switzerland). The most valuable part of this miscellany consists of a set of 16 sermons on pennance by the Dominican St. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419), delivered by the sermonist between March 9 through 21, 1404 in Fribourg, Murten, Payerne, Avenches, and Estavayer. Friedrich von Amberg made a fair copy and incorporated it as the 6th codicological unit (fol. 45r-97v) of this composite manuscript.
Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 117 I
Parchment and paper · 1 + 242 + 29 ff. · tabulae 1403 and text about 1300
Collection of Latin sermons by the Franciscan Berthold von Regensburg (in two volumes). The production of this codex involved consulting Berthold's original. Marginalia by Friedrich von Amberg appear throughout the entire manuscript (Volume I).
Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 117 II
Parchment and paper · 1 + 262 + 29 ff. · text about 1300 and tabulae 1403
Collection of Latin sermons by the Franciscan Berthold von Regensburg (in two volumes). The production of this codex involved consulting Berthold's original. Marginalia by Friedrich von Amberg appear throughout the entire manuscript (Volume II).