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485/855
| 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. 591 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Mystical prayer and devotional book |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · 320 pp. · 20.5 x 14 cm · Freiburg im Breisgau (?) · 15th century |
| Language: |
Language
German |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary This German-language manuscript gathers together a series of strongly mystical stories and prayers. The first two thirds (pp. 1–259) are taken up by three translations of texts by Elisabeth of Schönau, all of which have as their object St. Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins. Then follows the legend of St. Cordula (pp. 260–264). The remaining texts, with the exception of an excerpt from Mechtild of Hackeborn (pp. 295–302) are all prayers, mostly addressed to Mary and often with extensive instructions for the prayer. The book is rubricated throughout, and it has two simple pen-flourished initials (p. 1, 162); the rubric on p. 1 is written in a display script. Inside the book can be found a bookmark made of four thin cords knotted at the top. The binding comes from the fifteenth century and is decorated with stamps and decorative lines. In 1794, Ildefons von Arx purchased the manuscript from the collection of the dissolved convent of Poor Clares of St. Dorothea of Freiburg im Breisgau (ownership marks p. 1 and p. 320; purchase note, p. 1). |
| Standard description: | Standard description Scarpatetti Beat Matthias von, Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Bd. 1: Abt. IV: Codices 547-669: Hagiographica, Historica, Geographica, 8.-18. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden 2003, S. 129-131.Show standard description |
| Additional description: | Additional description Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 191.Show additional description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-csg-0591 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0591) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0591 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/csg-0591/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 591: Mystical prayer and devotional book (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0591). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 09/22/2022 |
| Additional literature: | Additional literature Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
| External resources: | External resources |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
15th century |
| Decoration: |
Decoration
Initial, Ornamental, Penwork |
| Binding: |
Binding
15th century |
| With in situ fragment: |
With in situ fragment
Guard |
| Materiality: |
Materiality
Bookmark |
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