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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 590
Paper · 3 + 346 pp. · 21 x 14.5 cm · St. Gall · 1522
Hans Conrad Haller, the life history of St. Gall patron saint Notker Balbulus; German prayers
The oldest German language version of the life history of St. Gall patron saint Notker Balbulus († 912), produced by Hans Conrad Haller (1486/90-1525), a member of the St. Gall religious community, for the Benedictine nuns of the Cloister of St. George above St. Gall in the year 1522. With decorated initials and borders. Following the vita are German prayers as well as a German translation of the tract Exhortationes ad monachos ("Von der geistlichen Ritterschaft der Mönche" or the "Exhortations to Monks") by Abbot Johannes Trithemius of Sponheim (1462-1516).
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