This manuscript, written in 1498, is from the library of the
regular community of sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis at
the lower hermitage (Untere Klause) of St. Leonhard, outside the
city gates of St. Gall. The unknown principal scribe — she wrote
up to p. 536 — asks future readers for an Ave Maria in two places
(p. 201; p. 536). The manuscript contains: in the beginning a copy
of the Schürebrand (pp. 10−201) that is significant in terms of
textual history; in the middle (pp. 206−339) parts 1 and 3 of the
treatise Von dreierlei Abgründen attributed to St. Bonaventure;
and in the end (pp. 344−535) the treatise on the passion Extendit
manum by Heinrich of St. Gall. The salutation to Mary
(“Mariengruss”) added to the end of the manuscript (pp.
537−539) was written by another hand. After the Reformation and
the dissolution of the community of sisters of St. Leonhard, the
manuscript came to the library of the Benedictine nuns of St.
George and finally in 1780/82 to the Abbey Library of St. Gall.
Place
Preferred form
Saint Gall. Lower hermitage of St. Leonhard (Switzerland)
Original form
St. Gall, community of beguines of the Untere Klause of St. Leonhard
