Select manuscript from this collection: Cod. Sang. 1  Cod. Sang. 584 Cod. Sang. 586  Cod. Sang. 2135  480/882

Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 585
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Elsässische Legenda Aurea (selections from the summer section)
Caption:
Caption
Paper · 328 pp. · 21 x 14 cm · Saint Leonard Franciscan Convent, St. Gall (?) · after 1456
Language:
Language
German
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
The bulk of this manuscript is constituted by lives of the Apostles taken from the Elsässische Legenda Aurea, an important Upper German rendition of James of Voragine’s Legendary (pp. 1259, largely identical to the abridged legendary in Cod. Sang. 594). There then follows the mystical treatise Christus und die sieben Laden (pp. 260277). The last two quires (pp. 281328) contain a collection of spiritual, mostly mystical excerpts (Meister Eckhart, Jan van Ruusbroec) and, on the final pages, an indulgence prayer intended to be recited before an image of St. Gregory (indulgence promise dated 1456, pp. 326328). Several pages before this prayer, there is an explicitly-connected accompanying prayer (pp. 319320). Scarpatetti believes the scribe was Sister Endlin of the Franciscan convent St. Leonard in St. Gall. Later, the manuscript came into the possession of Johannes Kaufmann (ownership marks, p. 1, p. 277, and on the upper piece of the book block), and, even later, it belonged to a lay brother of the monastery of St. Gall (p. 328). Simple red initials provide the only decoration. The binding is red-colored pigskin of the fifteenth century, with clasps and with six of ten original bosses still in place. Some fragments used as quire guards can be seen (e.g., p. 52/53). (mat)
Standard description:
Standard description
Scarpatetti Beat Matthias von, Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Bd. 1: Abt. IV: Codices 547-669: Hagiographica, Historica, Geographica, 8.-18. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden 2003, S. 111-114.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 189.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0585 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0585)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0585
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
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How to quote:
How to quote
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 585: Elsässische Legenda Aurea (selections from the summer section) (http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0585).
Online Since:
Online Since
09/22/2022
Additional literature:
Additional literature
Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
15th century
Dated:
Dated
1456
Decoration:
Decoration
Initial, Ornamental, Penwork
Binding:
Binding
15th century
With in situ fragment:
With in situ fragment
Guard
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