This Rituale originated in the Monastery of Münsterlingen (Canton
of Thurgovia); it contains a collection of sermons and chants sung
by the nuns for processions in the monastery, followed by a long
requiem (54v-72v). The latter is introduced by a miniature
depicting St. Michael weighing the souls of the dead. The rubrics
are written partly in German and partly in Latin. The style of the
three initials in the text is associated with the area of Lake
Constance. During a restoration around 1973, two sheets of
parchment, which originally were glued to the inside cover of the
binding, were removed; they come from an lectionary in pre-caroline
minuscule, that can be dated to the beginning of the 9th century
(Mohlberg: 11th. century).
