The five parts of this manuscript were written by various scribes,
among them the St. Gall Conventual Hans Conrad Haller
(1486–1525), who was calligrapher, priest and, from 1523 until
1525, librarian of the monastery of St. Gall; he wrote various
works such as a missal and other spiritual literature, as well as a
life of Notker Balbulus. In Cod. Sang. 1006 Haller frequently left
colophons, e.g., on p. 531 and p. 540. The five parts of the
manuscript contain the following texts: part I (pp. 13–45)
Prayers on the Passion and – partly in fragments – liturgical
plays, among them the Ludus ascensionis on pp. 33-44. Part II (pp.
46–65) a prayer to St. Dorothea, which, according to the scribe,
was translated from the Latin and written down in 1430 (pp. 61-62).
Part III (pp. 66-80) Der Seele Klageby Heinrich der Teichner. Teil
IV (pp. 81–95) liturgy of the hours on the Passion of Christ.
Part V (pp. 96-762) a wide variety of devotional texts such as
prayers and meditations, among them on pp. 188-190 Ein babst lag
uurmals an dem tod, pp. 406–486 St. Anselmi Fragen an Maria and
pp. 508–524 a German Salve Regina in rhyme.
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