Select manuscript from this collection: Cod. Sang. 1 Cod. Sang. 961 Cod. Sang. 966 olim Cod. Sang. 1394 703/959

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 965
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
15th century composite manuscript containing ascetic-mystical texts
Caption:
Caption
Paper · 484 pp. · 21.2 x 14.7 cm · community of the sisters of St. Georgen above St. Gall; Friedrich Kölner (or Colner); other (three?) scribes · 1430/36 (parts by Kölner); 15th century (other parts)
Language:
Language
Alemannic
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This composite manuscript in Northeastern Swiss-Alemannic dialect was probably written for the community of the sisters of St. Georgen above St. Gall; it contains numerous shorter and longer texts by known and unknown authors, among them: pp. 1106: Thomas à Kempis, 3rd book of the Imitatio Christi; pp. 106123: Bonaventure, excerpts from the work De triplici via; pp. 124126: preacher of St. Georgen, sermon Geistliche Blume; pp. 126134: Meister Eckhart (attributed), treatise Von der Vollkommenheit; pp. 135166: Johannes Tauler, sermon on Mt 13,8 and other sermon excerpts; pp. 167181: two anonymous sermons Vom Leiden und Meiden; pp. 184259: treatise from the “Schwester Katrei"; pp. 259268 anonymous didactic dialog with Timothy’s questions to Paul; pp. 271372: Johannes of Neumarkt, excerpts from the 3rd so-called Jerome letter; pp. 377407: Marquard of Lindau, Job-treatise; pp. 409434 and pp. 472481 (wrongly bound together by a bookbinder): Das Buch des Lebens by an anonymous author; pp. 435442: excerpts from Meister Wichwolt (Cronica Alexandri des grossen Königs); pp. 446448: Ps.-Bertold of Regensburg, Bertold’s ten lessons for a spiritual sister. About half of the texts were written by the Reformist monk Friedrich Kölner from Hersfeld, who was active at St. Gall Abbey from 1430 until 1436; the other parts were written in the 15th century by three other hands. (smu)
Standard description:
Standard description
Beschreibung von Eva Irblich, 1969.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 360-361.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0965 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0965)
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https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0965
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 965: 15th century composite manuscript containing ascetic-mystical texts (/en/list/one/csg/0965).
Online Since:
Online Since
03/17/2016
Additional literature:
Additional literature
newer_literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Document Type
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Century:
Century
15th century
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