This small 12th century prayer book, the oldest in the German
language, was written for a woman. It contains various prayers in
German and Latin, including the famous "Mary Sequence of Muri"
("Mariensequenz aus Muri"), the oldest known German language
version of the Latin sequence model, the Ave preclara maris stella.
During the 19th century the manuscript was linked to Queen Agnes
(ca. 1281-1364), who had lived in the Cloister of Königsfeld. It
is listed in the manuscript catalog of the monastery of Muri as of
1790.
Rights
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
