Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 5

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  • Ms. L 5
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Date
  • 13th century
  • first half of the 13th century (after 1235)
Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Vitae et passiones sanctorum
Agent
Description
  • This collection of hagiographical texts was written by various hands in the second third of the 13th century, probably in Hauterive. The presence of certain texts indicates a Cistercian origin (Vita of St. Robert of Molesme, the author Geoffroy de Hautecombe) and, based on our knowledge of medieval Hauterive, a regional origin (the Vita of St. Theodore, Bishop of Sion; the Vita and the Miracula of Saint Nicholas of Myra; the Vita of St. Elizabeth of Hungary; the Passio of Saint Maurice and his companions by Eucherius of Lyon). The end of the book contains a collection of texts related to confession. The last one of these attests a little know activity of the monks: the pastoral care of the Cistercian nuns. The manuscript remains in its original cover which, although damaged, is still well recognizable: a cover with wide flaps that cover the edges of the book.
Place
  • Preferred form
    • Hauterive Abbey (Switzerland) (?)
    Original form
    • Hauterive (?)
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  • e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
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