Manuscript Summary:This manuscript was written in 1583 during the abbacy of Prince-Abbot Joachim Opser (1577-1594) by the Cantor Johannes Strang who died young († 1588; profession 1580), based on notes by Father Heinrich Keller. Mostly in Latin but often also in German, the manuscript describes the worship practices of the Monastery of St. Gall in the course of the year from January 1 to December 31. This Directorium cultus divini is one of the most important sources of information about the monastic liturgy in the monastery after the Reformation. It refers to prayers and chants that were said and sung on certain days or to the order of liturgical processions (even separately for days of fair versus bad weather). The volume contains directions for the decoration of the church and numerous notes that are interesting for their cultural history, such as those relating to the St. Gall custom of naming a boy abbot (abbas scholasticus). In addition to a list of anniversaries, p. 1 also contains historical notes about various events internal to the monastery. This volume was continued until 1606.(smu)
Standard description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 436.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1262
Paper · 175 pp. · 21 × 15.5 cm · Order of Service for the Monastery of St. Gall in the Directorium of 1583 · 1583
Monastery of St. Gall, P. Johannes Strang
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Directorium officii divini et scholae S. Galli 1583
mit späteren Zusätzen (p. 2-132) und Fortsetzung dazu (p. 134-159), letztere copirt von Joh. Strang, St. Gall. Cantor und Studienlehrer, aus Notaten von Heinrich Keller (im Stiftsarchiv).
Einzelne Personalnachrichten.
(S. 115)
Verfahren und Gebräuche bei der Wahl eines 'Abbas scholasticus' durch die Schüler selbst in Gegenwart des Rektors.
Vgl. I. v. Arx S. Gall. Gesch. III p. 259-62 über die Schulfeste und Ceremonien in der Char- und Osterwoche nach dieser Handschrift, welche eine Hauptquelle zur Kenntniss der Stiftsordnung im XVI Jh. ausmacht.
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