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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 1853c
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Br. Mathias Jansen, Interpretation of the paintings of St. Gallen Cathedral and report on the elevation of the remains of St. Otmar in 1774
Caption:
Caption
Paper · 236 pp. · 10.5 x 8 cm · Convent of Capuchin nuns Notkersegg near St. Gallen: Br. Mathias Jansen · 1774
Language:
Language
German
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This small-format volume contains two written works by the hand of Mathias Jansen, as attested by a 1774 colophon on p. 201. On pp. 7-39, Jansen gives a kind of inventory of the paintings of St. Gallen Cathedral, describing each vault and field. Page 20 contains a report on the improvement of a painting representing St. Otmar and other saints.The second work, on pp. 40-201, collects historical reports about the life, the afterlife and the cult of St. Otmar, which take the form of log entries recording decisions as well as preparations for and the process of actions related to the cult of the saint, such as the elevation of the remains of St. Otmar in 1773/1774. On p. 99, there is a drawing of a decorated altar. Pages 202-207 contain later additions from 1823 or shortly thereafter. On p. 39 and p. 202 there are sporadic entries (after 1823) about the bas-reliefs by the sculptor Johann Christian Wentzinger, on p. 39 also about the new paintings by the artist Antonio Moretto in the choir. Pages 1-6 and 208-236 are blank. According to a note on the inside of the front cover, this book, originally from the Notkersegg Convent of Capuchin nuns, became the property of St. Gall Bishop Greith probably around 1852. Since 1930 it has been held in the Abbey Library as a deposit of the episcopal library. (nie)
Standard description:
Standard description
Scarpatetti Beat Matthias von, Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Codices 1726-1984 (14.-19. Jahrhundert), Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen 1983, S. 96.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-1853c (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-1853c)
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http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/1853c
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IIIF Manifest URL
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1853c: Br. Mathias Jansen, Interpretation of the paintings of St. Gallen Cathedral and report on the elevation of the remains of St. Otmar in 1774 (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/1853c).
Online Since:
Online Since
06/13/2019
Additional literature:
Additional literature
Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
18th century
Dated:
Dated
1774
Decoration:
Decoration
Other, Penwork, Text Block
Binding:
Binding
18th century
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