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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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This monastic breviary was used at Hermetschwil Abbey. The rubrics are primarily in German. The binding is from the workshop of dominus Valentinus. (szu)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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This manuscript contains a collection of prayers and texts for contemplation. Some pages are torn. Entire quires have been ripped out. (szu)

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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)

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This small, thin booklet contains a series of prayers for personal use by a woman. (szu)

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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)

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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)

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This book, from the time around 1400, contains prayers and treatises for personal prayer. It has a limp binding of red leather. (szu)

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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)

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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)

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This manuscript is a collection of German-language prayers, written mostly for a female worshipper. The idiom is High Alemannic. (szu)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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This psalter comes from the Dominican nuns's monastery St. Katharinenthal near Diessenhofen. The calendar contains several necrological entries. The book's edge is painted. (szu)

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This manuscript is originally from Fraumünster Abbey in Zurich. It contains the dialogue with Mary, attributed to Anselm of Canterbury, in Alemannic dialect. (szu)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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This psalter is from Gnadental Abbey near Bremgarten (AG). A 16th century note names Herr Kopp im Engel zu Bremgarten as scribe. (szu)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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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