Manuscript Summary:This breviary, created in the second half of the 15th century, contains texts for the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours. The owner of the manuscript is Niklaus Hass (Primissarius in Allenbach): Iste liber pertinent Nicolao Hass primissario in Allenspach (f. 1r). This paper manuscript probably came to Kreuzlingen because of the good relations of Kreuzlingen Abbey to chapter of Constance. The two-column breviary was written by six different hands, of which that of Nikolaus Marschalk (died 1448, custos and canon of the monastery of St. Johann in Constance, see entry on f. 1r) can be named as the main hand (ff. 33ra-287vb, 290ra-303ra, 310ra-340rb and 342r). A second hand is responsible for the calendar and the beginning of the breviary (ff. 1r-8r, 12r-28vb and 309r-309v). Further entries are by four additional hands (third hand: ff. 28vb-32ra, fourth hand: ff. 288r-289v, fifth hand: ff. 303ra-304rb, sixth hand: ff. 305ra-308rb). The manuscript was written in a “Kurrent”. The contemporary wood-leather binding with a clasp and brass bosses is striking. The Kreuzlingen coat of arms was only subsequently engraved on the front as supralibros.(glo)
Online Since: 12/10/2020
Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 237
Paper · A + 342 + Z ff. · 30 x 22.5 cm · Rottweil · 1431-1448; 12 December 1471
Breviarium constantiensis dioecesis
How to quote:
Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 237, Front cover + Front paste-down – Breviarium constantiensis dioecesis (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/kbt/y237)