Bifolio from the third volume (May-June) of a Fulda Legendary that
originally consisted of six volumes, commissioned in 1156 by
Rugger, provost of Frauenberg Abbey in Fulda. This fragment
contains parts of the vita of Boniface by Otloh of St Emmeram; it
was written by Eberhard von Fulda. The legendary was still used in
the middle of the 16th century in Fulda by Georg Witzel (1501-1573)
for his Hagiologium seu de sanctis ecclesiae (Mainz 1541) as well
as for his Chorus sanctorum omnium. Zwelff Bücher Historien Aller
Heiligen Gottes (Köln 1554). Other fragments from this third
volume are in Basel and Nuremberg. It shows that this volume, and
at least the 6th volume (November-December) of the legendary as
well, reached Basel, where both evidently were used as manuscript
waste around 1580. The P-initial 1r has a representation of
Boniface inside the bowl of the initial; below that is Rugger, who
commissioned the legendary.
