Book of Founders of the monastery of Allerheiligen at Schaffhausen
Description
This codex, assembled in 1467, is the central portion of a
miscellany including the Lucidarius (Zürich, Zentralbibliothek C
215) and the Schaffhauser Weltgerichtsspiel (Zürich,
Zentralbibliothek C 216). The Book of Founders, written by Johannes
Trechsel, contains legendary tales of the lives and works of the
12th century Counts of Nellenburg who founded the monastery of
Allerheiligen. It also contains stories about the successful reform
of the cloister.
