Dominican breviary for nuns, probably written in Southern Germany.
The script and decoration follow 14th century models, but the
presence of the saints St. Vincent Ferrer (canonized 1453/54) and
St. Catherine of Siena (canonized 1461) suggest an origin not
before the second half of the 15th century. Numerous initials with
gold leaf and scroll ornamentation, illuminated borders on p. 21
and 168 (two dogs, misericordia and Justicia, hunting a stag,
Verbum patris). This volume is from the convent of Dominican nuns
of St. Katharina auf dem Nollenberg near Wuppenau (Thurgau);
according to a note of ownership, it was the property of the
convent at least since the 17th century. Since 1930 it has been a
deposit of the episcopal library of St. Gall at the Abbey Library.
Place
Preferred form
Germany, Southern (?)
Original form
Southern Germany (?)
Rights
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
