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694/890
| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location St. Gallen |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. Sang. 944 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Interpretation of the Song of Songs, inc. Meliora sunt ubera tua vino |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · 534 pp. · 21.5 x 15 cm · Western-High-Alemannic linguistic area · 1497 |
| Language: |
Language
German |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary This volume contains a single text, a German-language intepretation of the Song of Songs, of which 25 manuscript witnesses are currently known. This extensive text is probably not based on a Latin model and its structure becomes decreasingly systematic. Although it is based on passages from the Song of Songs, it does not contain an actual commentary, but is divided into three books: teachings on faith (Book 1, pp. 8–241), a monastic doctrine of virtue (Book 2, pp. 241–431), and discussions of sins, penance, etc. (Book 3, pp. 443–512). An extensive table of contents precedes the text (pp. 5–7). A colophon at the end of the second book (p. 431) states that this part of the manuscript was completed in 1497. The whole manuscript is written and rubricated in the same hand. According to an entry on p. 1, the manuscript came from a convent in Freiburg (Liber S. Galli Emptus 1699 Friburgi); Scarpatetti suggests Adelhausen (Dominican nuns). On an inserted piece of paper can be read a note about the profession of Sisters Margret Boshartin, Kattrin Ferberin and Anna Branwartin in Constance in 1511 and 1514; on the back there is a fragment of a letter (?). Half-leather binding contemporary to the text, with striped and stamped decoration and clasps. To the headband is affixed a braided, two-colored bookmark. |
| Standard description: | Standard description Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 354.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-csg-0944 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0944) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0944 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/csg-0944/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 944: Interpretation of the Song of Songs, inc. Meliora sunt ubera tua vino (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0944). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 09/22/2022 |
| Additional literature: | Additional literature Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog |
| External resources: | External resources |
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
15th century |
| Dated: |
Dated
1497 |
| Binding: |
Binding
15th century |
| With in situ fragment: |
With in situ fragment
Pastedown |
| Materiality: |
Materiality
Bookmark |
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Scarpatetti, Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz, Bd. 3, S. 78 (Textband) bzw. 201 (Abbildungsband)
Kurt Ruh, 'Hoheliedauslegung Meliora sunt ubera tua vino', in: 2VL 4 (1983), Sp. 88–90