| Location: | St. Gallen |
| Library / Collection: | Stiftsbibliothek |
| Shelfmark: | Cod. Sang. 542 |
| Manuscript title: | Manfred Barbarini Lupus, Four-part vocal pieces for holy days of the church year |
| Caption: | Parchment · 796 pp. · 53.5/54 x 39/39.5 cm · St. Gall · 1562 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Manuscript summary: | An opulently illustrated large-format gradual containing four-part vocal pieces, from the Cloister of St. Gall, written and illuminated in the year 1562. By order of Prince-Bishop Diethelm Blarer, the Italian Manfred Barbarini Lupus from Correggio composed these challenging vocal pieces, Father Heinrich Keller (1518-1567) wrote the text, and the manuscript illustrator Kaspar Härtli from Lindau on the Bodensee illuminated the first pages with the important holy days of the church year. The volume has richly ornamented borders and numerous miniatures, among them five of full-page size, and contains the heraldic shields of St. Gall monks living at that time; the ornamented pages include many depictions of musical instruments of the period (some of which are no longer known). |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.5076/e-codices-csg-0542 |
| Permanent link: | http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0542 |
| How to quote: | St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 542: Manfred Barbarini Lupus, Four-part vocal pieces for holy days of the church year (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0542) |
| Online since: | 12/09/2008 |
| Additional literature: | Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
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