Select manuscript from this collection: Cod. Sang. 1  Cod. Sang. 540 Cod. Sang. 542  Cod. Sang. 2135  436/882

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 541
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Fridolin Sicher, Antiphonary from the Cloister of St. Gall
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · X + 298 ff. · 56.5-57 x 35.5-36 cm · St. Gall · 1544
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This large-format antiphonary from the Cloister of St. Gall, produced in the year 1544 at the request of Abbot Diethelm Blarer (1530-1564), contains songs to be sung during the liturgy of the hours on holy days throughout the year. The scribe who wrote this volume was the cleric, cathedral organist and calligrapher Fridolin Sicher (1490-1546), the illuminator who made the 22 figured initials and the full-page double illustration at the beginning of the antiphonary is unknown. (smu)
Standard description:
Standard description
Scarpatetti Beat Matthias von, Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Band 2 Abt. III/2: Codices 450-546: Liturgica, Libri precum, deutsche Gebetbücher, Spiritualia, Musikhandschriften 9.-16. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden 2008, S. 393–396.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 162.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550, 
Bd. III: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken St. Gallen-Zürich, bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, Rudolf Gamper 
und Marlis Stähli, Dietikon-Zürich 1991, Nr. 123, S. 45.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0541 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0541)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0541
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
IIIF Drag-n-drop http://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/csg-0541/manifest.json
How to quote:
How to quote
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 541: Fridolin Sicher, Antiphonary from the Cloister of St. Gall (http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0541).
Online Since:
Online Since
12/09/2008
Additional literature:
Additional literature
Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Rights
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
16th century
Dated:
Dated
1544
Decoration:
Decoration
Figurative, Full Page, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Ornamental, Penwork
Liturgica christiana:
Liturgica christiana
Antiphonary
Musical Notation:
Musical Notation
German Plainsong Notation
Binding:
Binding
16th century
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