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Country of Location
Switzerland
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Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 1253
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Copies of certificates of admission from the episcopal chancery in Konstanz for the pastoral care of St. Gall conventuals– Report about the laying of the foundation stone for the Renaissance library of St. Gall Abbey in 1551 – Creation of an altar cross for St. Gall Abbey by the goldsmith Thomas Gennius 1553
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Paper · 194 pp. · 21.5 x 16 cm · St. Gall Abbey · 1551−1571
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This manuscript, initiated in 1551 under Prince-Abbot Diethelm Blarer (1530−1564; colored abbot’s coat of arms on p. 2) and continued (in the first part) until 1571, consists of three parts. The beginning (pp. 5-50) consists of copies of certificates of admission for pastoral care of St. Gall conventuals in the territory of the Diocese of Konstanz, issued by the episcopal chancery in Konstanz between 1551 and 1571. The second part (pp. 131-134) gives a description of the laying of the foundation stone for the Renaissance library of St. Gall Abbey on Juli 6, 1551; it also lists the names of all persons present for this festive ceremony. The Renaissance library was completed in 1553 and was replaced with the late Baroque library between 1758 and 1767. The third part (pp. 181-183) treats the creation of a large silver altar cross by the goldsmith Thomas Gennius from Wil; St. Gall Abbot Diethelm Blarer commissioned it in 1553 and had the sculptor (sculptor?) Heinrich Reissi, who was from Rapperswil but was active in Wil, carry it to St. Gall on his back in six hours. Also mentioned are the saints relics kept in this cross. All traces of the cross are lost during the liquidation of the assets of St. Gall Abbey after the dissolution of the monastery in 1805. Between the three parts and at the end, there are numerous empty pages (pp. 51130; pp. 135178; pp. 184194). (smu)
Standard description:
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Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 435.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-1253 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-1253)
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http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/1253
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1253: Copies of certificates of admission from the episcopal chancery in Konstanz for the pastoral care of St. Gall conventuals– Report about the laying of the foundation stone for the Renaissance library of St. Gall Abbey in 1551 – Creation of an altar cross for St. Gall Abbey by the goldsmith Thomas Gennius 1553 (http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/1253).
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Online Since
10/13/2016
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Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
16th century
Dated:
Dated
1551-1571
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