Select manuscript from this collection: Cod. Sang. 1  Cod. Sang. 983 Cod. Sang. 987  Cod. Sang. 2135  705/855

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 985
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Spiegelbuch (Book of the Mirror) and other instructive tracts in German translation
Caption:
Caption
Paper · 507 pp. · 27.8 x 20.2 cm · most likely Freiburg i. Br. · 1467
Language:
Language
Latin, German
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This manuscript from 1467, which first belonged to the convent of the Poor Clares at Freiburg in Breisgau and was transported to the Abbey of St. Gall in 1699, contains, in addition to some Latin texts, many tracts for spiritual instruction in German translation. These include an Ars moriendi, the Cordiale de quattuor novissimis by Gerard van Vliederhoven, the so-called Hieronymus-Briefe(Letters of Jerome) translated by John of Neumark (ca. 1315-1356), the Spiegelbuch, a dialogical text in rhymed verses on living life properly, the trials of worldly life and everyday tribulations, with about twenty colored pen sketches, and a version of the legend of the Three Kings by John of Hildesheim (1310/1320-1375). The manuscript also contains some additional pen sketches: a unicorn (p. 87), images representing two Apostles (p. 107; Paul and John?), a man and a woman in secular dress, and a stag and a wild boar (p. 513). There are imprints in Carolingian minuscule on front and rear inside covers (rear inside cover: Hrabanus Maurus, De computo). (sno)
Standard description:
Standard description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 372-373.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1500. Bd. III: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken St. Gallen-Zürich, Text bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, Rudolf Gamper und Marlis Stähli, Dietikon-Zürich, 1983, Nr. 237, S. 85-86.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0985 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0985)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0985
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
IIIF Drag-n-drop http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/csg-0985/manifest.json
How to quote:
How to quote
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 985: Spiegelbuch (Book of the Mirror) and other instructive tracts in German translation (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0985).
Online Since:
Online Since
10/04/2011
Additional literature:
Additional literature
Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
External resources:
External resources
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Rights
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
15th century
Dated:
Dated
1467
Decoration:
Decoration
Empty Space For Decoration, Figurative, Full Page, Initial, Ornamental, Penwork, Text Block, Tinted Drawing
Binding:
Binding
15th century
With in situ fragment:
With in situ fragment
Offset
Materiality:
Materiality
Bookmark, Catenatus
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