Manuscript Summary: The illuminator Claudio Rofferio († ca. 1567) was an Augustinian canon. Originally from the Aosta Valley, he was active in various regions; from 1539 until about 1544 he created a series of illuminated manuscripts for the Cistercian Abbey of Altenberg near Cologne. From about 1550 until after 1560, he worked for various monasteries and religious institutions in Switzerland, such as Beromünster, Muri, Schönenwerd and St. Urban. For Schönenwerd Abbey he wrote and illuminated this representative Gradual, dated to the years 1556 and 1559. (hol)
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Schmid Alfred A., Die Buchmalerei des XVI. Jahrhunderts in der Schweiz, Olten 1954, S. 157-158. Show standard description
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06/25/2015
Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S III 13
Parchment · 400 ff. · 46.5 x 33. 5 cm · 1556/1559
Graduale de tempore
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Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S III 13, f. 314v – Graduale de tempore (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/zbs/SIII-0013)