| Location: | Solothurn |
| Library / Collection: | Zentralbibliothek |
| Shelfmark: | Cod. S 458 |
| Manuscript title: | German book of meditations and prayers for Dominican nuns |
| Caption: | Paper · 252 ff. · 15.5 x 10.5 cm · Bern, Inselkloster St. Michael · 1507 |
| Language: | Alemannic, German |
| Manuscript summary: | This German book of meditations and prayers for Dominican nuns was produced at the Inselkloster St. Michael in Bern. It contains, inter alia, numerous excerpts from the writings of Gertrud of Helfta and Mechthild of Hackeborn. Most of it was written in 1507 by Sister Luzia von Moos. Beginning in the 17th century the manuscript is known to have been in the possession of the Solothurn family Gugger; at the beginning of the 19th century it was obtained by the Solothurn City Library. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.5076/e-codices-zbs-S-0458 |
| Permanent link: | http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/zbs/S-0458 |
| How to quote: | Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S 458: German book of meditations and prayers for Dominican nuns (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/zbs/S-0458) |
| Online since: | 12/21/2009 |
| External resources: |
Handschriftencensus – Eine Bestandesaufnahme der handschriftlichen Überlieferung
deutschsprachiger Texte des Mittelalters |
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