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Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. A 5a 1 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 262 ff. · 15 x 10 cm · first quarter of the 16th century
Hortulus animae, Prayer book
As its first, larger part, this book contains a print: Hortulus animae, Lyon: Johannes Clein for Anton Koberger, 1513. Joined to this is a collection of private prayers. The manuscript is from a convent of Dominican nuns. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 13 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 60 ff. · 29 x 21 cm · 1461
Belial
This manuscript is dated to 1461; it contains a version of Jacobus de Teramo's Belial in High Alemannic. It is listend in the register of books of Hermetschwil Abbey. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 27 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 94 ff. · 29-30 x 21-22 cm · around 1400
Plenarium
This manuscript was written at an unknown date by Johannes Künlin. It contains the Latin incipits of each Sunday's Gospel reading along with sermons in German. In the middle there is the Dekalogerklärung by Marquard of Lindau. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 28 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 187 ff. · 29 x 21-22 cm · around 1420
Plenarium
This manuscript, a plenarium, was donated to Hermetschwil Abbey in 1430 by Götz Vasnacht, patron of Zufikon. The first part of the book was severely damaged, probably deliberately: individual pages are missing, some pages are cut out halfway, and a deep cut goes through several quires. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 57 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 290 ff. · 21.5 x 14.5-15 cm · 1451
Lives of Fathers
This manuscript contains a collection of classical descriptions of lives of monks in a High Alemannic translation. It was written by Jos of Ulm. He dated the completion of his work 30 September 1451. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 58 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 78 ff. · 21 x 14.5-15 cm · first quarter of the 15th century
Johannes Hildesheimensis
This manuscript contains the Historia trium regum by John of Hildesheim in a High Alemannic translation. It dates to the first quarter of the 15th century and still retains its original binding. In the beginning and after leaf 8, parts of the text are missing. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 84 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 111 ff. · 21-21.5 x 14.5-15 cm · Winterthur · 1432
Evangelistary, German
This manuscript was written by Johannes Molitor of Winterthur and is dated 2 December 1432. It contains German translations of the Gospels for Sundays and the most important feast days. It belonged to Veronika von Hettlingen, mother superior of Hermetschwil Abbey from 1498 until 1507. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 121 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 28 ff. · 10.5 x 7.5 cm · 15th century
Prayers to the Ave Maria
This thin, small book (28 leaves) contains prayers relating to individual words of the Ave Maria. It is from the 15th century and is written in High Alemannic dialect. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 124 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 143 ff. · 15.5 x 10.5 cm · 1495
Tract on the Passion
This manuscript contains a tract on the Passion in the High Allemanian language, consisting of a collection of materials from the four Gospels, the apocryphal Gospel of Jacob and Ps.-Anselm of Canterbury. The manuscript was written in 1494 by Barbara Grünenbächin, a person of unknown origin, not listed as a member of the choir at Hermetschwil. It belonged to the monastery of Hermetschwil and was recorded in the catalog there as of 1697. (ber)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 125 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 45 ff. · 15 x 10.5 cm · second third of the 15th century
Ps.-Anselm of Canterbury
This small booklet contains the “Dialogue with Mary,” attributed to Anselm of Canterbury. The end is missing. Hermetschwil Abbey owned two versions of this work (v. Cod. membr. 33). (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 139 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 139 ff. · 16 x 11-11.5 cm · Zürich · last quarter of the 15th century
Liber horarum
This book of hours belonged to Johannes Huber (†1500), chaplain at the Grossmünster in Zurich. It contains parts of prayers related to the Liturgy of the Hours for the daily routine of clerics. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 140 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 117 ff. · 15 x 10.5 cm · first quarter of the 16th century
Liber horarum
This book of hours contains primarily the Office of the Dead and the Office of the Virgin. The initials are clearly set off from one another by color and enliven the text. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 150 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 550 ff. · 21 x 15 cm · Zufikon near Bremgarten or Hermetschwil · 1491
Breviarium monasticum
This voluminous breviary is dated 4 August 1491. The writer is Heinrich Schlosser, parish priest at Zufikon, who wrote it for nearby Hermetschwil Abbey. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 151 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 411 ff. · 22 x 15.5 cm · second half of the 15th century
Breviarium monasticum
This monastic breviary was used at Hermetschwil Abbey. The rubrics are primarily in German. The binding is from the workshop of dominus Valentinus. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 152 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 281 ff. · 25.5-26 x 18.5 cm · Southwestern Germany · 1466
Breviarium monasticum
Johannes Brüsch of Pfullendorf wrote this breviary presumable at the behest of Hermetschwil Abbey and dated it on 18 October 1466. Later it was used at Hermetschwil Abbey. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 155 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 79 ff. · 20.5 x 14.5 cm · first quarter of the 16th century
Hymni et cantica
This manuscript contains hymns and canticles for choral prayers in monasteries. Presumably it was originally created for Muri Abbey; later it was used at Hermetschwil Abbey. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 161 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 277 ff. · 21.5 x 15.5 cm · last quarter of the 15th century
Graduale
This gradual contains the most important chants for the Mass throughout the liturgical year and for the saints. They are in Hufnagel notation. The graphic relation of text to melody is not always clear. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 169 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 278 ff. · 20.5-21 x 14-14.5 cm · Aargau (?) · 1456
St. Georgener Prediger
Jakok Strub from Aarau, deceased in 1506, wrote this volume in 1456 for his relation Agnes Trüllerey, mother superior at Hermetschwil. It contains the St. Georgener Prediger. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 191 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 156 ff. · 15 x 11 cm · 1466, third quarter of the 15th century
Prayer Book
This manuscript, in which two scribes identify themselves (Konrad Wa, administrator from Bremgarten, and Johannes Bürgler from Uri), contains a collection of prayers, mostly formulated for a female worshipper. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 193 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 136 ff. · 14 x 10 cm · first quarter of the 16th century
Prayer Book
This prayer book was probably written by a nun. The texts relate to the Communion. They serve as preparation before and thanksgiving after receiving Communion. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 195 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 144 ff. · 13 x 9.5 cm · Southwestern Germany · second third of the 15th century
Liber horarum OSB
This manuscript contains texts for the Liturgy of the Hours. It was probably created at Muri Abbey and was meant for the Hermetschwil nuns' convent. Fol. 125v shows one of the few remaining prints of the “Teigdruck” (paste print) technique: Barbara with a palm branch and a tower. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 196 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 53 ff. · 16-16.5 x 10.5-11 cm · second half of the 16th century, 1517
Prayer Book
This manuscript consists of two originally separate parts: The first part contains various prayers; the second part, dated 16 November 1517, contains the “Grosse Gebet der Eidgenossen” (the great prayer of the Swiss confederates). (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 207 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 255 ff. · 13.5-14 x 10 cm · 1505
Prayer Book
This collection of prayers, which was in use in the Hermetschwil nuns' convent since the 17th century, was dated 20 May 1505 by the hand of a second scribe. Earlier it was the property of Peter Affeldranngel and Elsbet Lötter from Zug. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 208 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 102 ff. · 14.5 x 10.5 cm · first quarter of the 15th century
Prayer Book
This prayer book from the first quarter of the 15th century, written in High Alemannic dialect, contains among other items the Hundred Meditations (“Hundert Betrachtungen”) by Henry Suso and an extract from the Eucharistic tract of Marquard von Lindau. (bre)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 210 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 165 ff. · 15 x 11 cm · 1493, 1475, 1490 (?)
Prayer Book
This collection of prayers and treatises was written by Rudolf Schilling and is dated to 1493. An intercessory prayer mentions Duke Sigmund of Habsburg. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 211 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 243 ff. · 15 x 10-10.5 cm · Villingen, Bickenkloster St. Klara · beginning of the 16th century
Prayer Book
This prayer book presumably is from the Bickenkloster St. Klara in Villingen. In addition to prayers, it contains various reflections and sermons, among them two new year's addresses by Ursula Haider for the years 1496 and 1500. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 214 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Paper · 138 ff. · 10 x 7 cm · third quarter of the 15th century
Prayer Book
This prayer book from the third quarter of the 15th century contains prayers and treatises. It was used by the Hermetschwil conventual Margareta Attenriet († 1581). (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 216 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 229 ff. · 10.5 x 8 cm · first quarter of the 16th century
Prayer Book
This prayer book is from the first quarter of the 16th century and was meant for a woman. It contains primarily prayers to Mary and the Liturgy of the Hours for the Passion of Christ. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 3 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 375 ff. · 39 x 29 cm · 14th century
Antiphonarium monasticum, pars aestivalis
This manuscript contains the summer portion of a monastic antiphonary. The chants for the Liturgy of the Hours are given in square notation on four lines. Later additions by various hands from the 15th-17th century confirm that the manuscript was in use for a long period. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 4 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment and paper · 326 ff. · 31.5 x 22.5 cm · southwest Germany · 14th century and third quarter of the 16th century
Antiphonarium monasticum
This monastic antiphonary contains the chants for the Liturgy of the Hours. Throughout, melodies are denoted by neumes without lines and by tonary letters. The supplements on paper are from the end of the 16th century. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 6 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 274 ff. · 41.5-42.5 x 29.5 cm · southwestern German region · second half of the 12th / beginning of the 13th century
Lectionarum Officii Monasticum
Lectionary from the second half of the 12th century or beginning of the 13th century from a Benedictine monasrtery in the southwestern German region, as indicated by the naming of various saints from this area. This is likely among the manuscripts brought to Hermetschwil by the nuns from the Double monastery of Muri. Adorned with many figured and historiated initials. (ber)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 9 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 59 ff. · 29 x 21 cm · Hermetschwil · first half of the 16th century
Liber ordinarius missae et officii
This manuscript has not survived intact: the beginning, the end, and several quires from the middle are missing. The Latin texts for prayers and instructions for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours occasionally are accompanied by rubrics in German that refer to local customs. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 11 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 162 ff. · 23 x 17.5 cm · Muri · late 12th/early 13th century
Liber ordinarius officii
This manuscript contains the prayers and instructions for the Liturgy of the Hours. It was made for the nuns of the double monastery of Muri; the manuscript came to Hermetschwil when the convent of nuns relocated there. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 15 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 58 ff. · 22-22.5 x 15 cm · Southwestern Germany · 15th century
Rituale
This Ritual contains a collection of benedictions and rites for the sacraments. The main part contains the most important benedictions during the liturgical year. Also included are the rite of baptism, the churching of women, the blessing for bridal couples and the sacraments for the sick. A separate part contains the benedictions for the various rooms of a monastery. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 18 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 139 ff. · 25.5 x 19 cm · Muri · late 12th/early 13th century
Collectarius
This manuscript was made for the female part of the double monastery of Muri since the prayers feature female terms. This work contains the readings, responsories and prayers for the Liturgy of the Hours; the Penitential Psalms; the benedictions for the daily life in the monastery; and the Office of the Dead. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 19 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 161 ff. · 21.5 x 15 cm · Southwest Germany · 12th century
Psalterium
This psalter from the 12th century is part of a collection formerly owned by the library of the double abbey of Muri. It was later transferred to the monastery at Hermetschwil. The cycle of miniatures is incomplete; the calendar includes a series of necrological records. (bre)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 20 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 87 ff. · 22 x 16.5 cm · Muri · 12th century
Psalterium
This psalter was written during the 12th century in the monastery of Muri. The death records in the calendar include both nuns and monks who were members of the Muri monastic community and are thus an important witness for the existence of the double monastery. (bre)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 29 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 157 ff. · 21 x 14.5 cm · Zurich · second half of the 14th century
Breviarium OP
This Dominican-type breviary is from Zurich. It contains texts on the saints' days and on the Commune of saints. Thomas Aquinas is especially emphasized (2r has an initial stretching over 10 lines with a pen drawing of the saint). (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 30 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 219 ff. · 15.5 x 11 cm · St. Katharinental · first half of the 14th century
Psalterium OP
This psalter comes from the Dominican nuns's monastery St. Katharinental near Diessenhofen. The calendar contains several necrological entries. The book's edge is painted. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 33 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 35 ff. · 16.5 x 12.5 cm · second half of the 15th century
Pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury
This manuscript is originally from Fraumünster Abbey in Zurich. It contains the dialogue with Mary, attributed to Anselm of Canterbury, in Alemannic dialect. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 35 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 141 ff. · 17.5 x 11.5 cm · Savoyard or western Swiss origin · around 1490
Book of hours
This book of hours of Savoyard or western Swiss origin, produced in about 1490, was originally the property of the Bern patrician Thomas Schöni and his wife Jeanne d'Arbignon. The miniatures were ascribed to the Meister of the breviary of Jost von Silenen. (bre)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 37 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 110 ff. · 19.5 x 15 cm · Southwestern Germany · end of the 12th/first half of the 13th century
Psalterium
This psalter is the work of the Engelberg Master. Psalms 1, 51 and 101 are introduced by large initials. Especially remarkable is a knight on 41r. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 38 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 101 ff. · 14.5 x 10 cm · beginning of the 16th century
Prayer Book
This prayer book contains prayers in High Alemannic dialect. They are directed to saints, are dedicated to the deceased or contemplate the Passion of Christ. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 40 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 153 ff. · 15 x 11 cm · Southwestern Germany · 14th century
Psalterium
This psalter was originally made for Selnau Abbey in Zurich. 7r has a portrait of a benefactress. In the 17th century, it was owned by Sister Ottilia Suter of Hermetschwil. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 47 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 373 ff. · 15 x 10 cm · Schaffhausen (?) · 14th-15th century
Diurnale monasticum
This diurnal contains the texts for the Liturgy of the Hours of the day. It was made for the convent of the Benedictine nuns of St. Agnes in Schaffhausen. Later it was owned by Anna von Hertenstein, conventual of Hermetschwil. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 56 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 333 ff. · 13.5 x 9.5 cm · Basel, Gnadental (OFM) · second half of the 15th century / early 16th century
Diurnale OFM
This diurnal is from the Convent of the Poor Clares Gnadental in Basel. The decorations consist of a great number of faces, drolleries, animals and figures of saints. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 57 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 96 ff. · 12.5 x 9 cm · first half of the 14th century and end of the 15th / beginning of the 16th century
Diurnale OP
This volume contains prayers for the parts of the Liturgy of the Hours to be recited during the day. It also contains texts dedicated to the veneration of the saints. The book has suffered some losses (lost pages in the beginning and at the end, strips of parchment cut away in the lower margin). The volume comes from a convent of Dominican nuns, possibly from Zurich. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 61 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 332 ff. · 7.5 x 5.5 cm · 1496
Officium BMV, Obsequiale OFM
This small-format book contains parts of the Liturgy of the Hours for a Convent of the Poor Clares. It contains primarily texts for personal prayer, with a focus on the cult of the dead. The volume was given to Barbara Seiler († 1624), sister at Hermetschwil Convent, by Melchior Roth, parish priest of Erlinsbach. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 63 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 104 ff. · 8.5 x 6.5 cm · second half of the 15th century
Officium defunctorum, OFM
This small volume contains prayers in memory of the deceased in a convent of Franciscan nuns. It is decorated with initials stretching over several lines of text, consisting of plant motifs in rich colors. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 65 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 156 ff. · 11 x 8.5 cm · Basel, Gnadental (OFM) · 1515
Marian Psalter
The book was written by Sister Dorothea Schermann at the Gnadental Convent of the Poor Clares (Basel) and is dated 1 July 1515. It contains the Marian Psalter and the Marian litany in Low Alemannic. (szu)
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 68 (formerly in Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium)
Parchment · 436 ff. · 10.5 x 7.5 cm · 14th century
Treatises on Corpus Christi
This volume, quite extensive given its small format, contains, in addition to a calendar, several treatises about the Eucharist. The text ist written mostly in Alemannic dialect. The calendar mentions several saints important to the Deutscher Orden (Teutonic Order). The manuscript has been in Hermetschwil Abbey since 1619. (szu)
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