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Bever, Dorfarchiv Bever, B 5 : Ls Artichels, u Aschantamains, & Estem, dalla Vschinaunchia da Biuer (The articles or statutes of the neighborhood of Bever 1584-1661)
No full textThis manuscript contains the statutes and the respective lists of land appraisals from 1584 (ff. 1-30), 1589 (ff. 33-58), 1593 (ff. 60-85), 1597 (ff. 88-115) and 1601 (ff. 117-146), occasionally with additional decisions made by the community. These are followed by appraisals for the years 1613, 1617, 1625, 1629, 1637, 1641, 1645, 1649, 1653, 1657 and 1661 (ff.155-186), which provide an overview of the development of the community’s financial circumstances over 70 years.Online Since: 2017-12-1
Trogen, Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 14 : Book of traditional costumes for Ladislaus von Törring
No full textThis paper manuscript – a Liber Amicorum for Ladislaus von Törring – contains 49 deptictions of costumes and four of coats-of-arms: all are high quality watercolors and probably all are by the same hand. The costumes mostly show high-ranking persons, mainly from France (Paris), Spain and Veneto. Means of transport, such as ships and carriages, from the same time period are also depicted. Some of the people pictured are identified by captions in French and Italian. Aphorisms and dedications, mostly in Latin, are added on seven pages. The dedicatee is Ladislaus von Törring (1566-1638), Baron in Stein and Pertenstein, Rector of the University of Ingolstadt, a relative of the Bavarian royal family.Online Since: 2020-03-1
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1345 : A German translation of the statutes of the Cistercian order for the nuns’ convent of Günterstal near Freiburg im Breisgau
No full textThis manuscript was written by the Freiburg University Theology Professor Jodocus Lorichius (1540-1612) for the Cistercian nuns of Günterstal. It was dedicated to the convent’s abbess, Maria Störin von Störenberg. Following a prologue by Lorichius on the usefulness of liturgical ceremonies, the author provides the nuns with German translations of two of the founding texts of the Cistercian order from the twelfth century: the Exordium Cistercii, a narrative of the early history of the order, and the Ecclesiastica Officia, a set of regulations for liturgical and monastic life. It concludes with a short justification of why Cistercians pray the Seven Penitential Psalms on a Friday. A set of statutes (the Usus Conversorum) for lay brothers, translated into German, is appended. Lorichius dedicated four printed books to the nuns of Günterstal between 1581 and 1598, all in German, and this manuscript must be seen as part of this wider relationship.Online Since: 2015-12-1
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1262 : Monastery of St. Gall, P. Johannes Strang
No full textThis manuscript was written in 1583 during the abbacy of Prince-Abbot Joachim Opser (1577-1594) by the Cantor Johannes Strang who died young († 1588; profession 1580), based on notes by Father Heinrich Keller. Mostly in Latin but often also in German, the manuscript describes the worship practices of the Monastery of St. Gall in the course of the year from January 1 to December 31. This Directorium cultus divini is one of the most important sources of information about the monastic liturgy in the monastery after the Reformation. It refers to prayers and chants that were said and sung on certain days or to the order of liturgical processions (even separately for days of fair versus bad weather). The volume contains directions for the decoration of the church and numerous notes that are interesting for their cultural history, such as those relating to the St. Gall custom of naming a boy abbot (abbas scholasticus). In addition to a list of anniversaries, p. 1 also contains historical notes about various events internal to the monastery. This volume was continued until 1606.Online Since: 2014-06-2
Basel, Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel, Cod. H37 : Johannes Drexell, Collection of medical treatises
No full textThis collection is contained in a paper manuscript that originated in Switzerland. Later it received a binding of wooden boards covered in blind-tooled pigskin leather. The collection contains treatises and recipes based on the Practica of Meister Bartholomäus. The herbalism follows the tradition of Macer. The collection also contains rules for bloodletting, a treatise on the plague, menstruation and the like. In addition, various diseases are covered, such as those of the head, of the ears and the like. In general, the text collects treatises on the nature of women, on the four elements and the natures, and it gives veterinary advice based, among others, on Meister Albrecht’s pharmacopeia for horses. It also contains various blessings (blessings against arrows, blood loss and worms). Incantations as well as formulas for women in labor and more.Online Since: 2017-06-2
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1290 : Responsoriale of the St. Gall Monk Jakob an der Rüti
No full textThis manuscript was written by the St. Gall monk Jakob an der Rüti (1562-1615), probably for private use. The first part (f. 1r-125r) contains responsories for the principal feast days of the liturgical year with melodies in German plainsong notation ("Hufnagelnotation") and often with directions for processions. These are followed by directions regarding the location of certain Vespers (f. 126r-128r), more directions on the order of processions f. 128v-136v), melodies for the doxology (f. 139r-140v), directions for the Vespers of the boy abbot (abbas scholasticus) on the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist and on the eve of the Feast of the Circumcision (f. 140v-147v), as well as prayers for processions (f. 150r-155v). Jakob an der Rüti decorated the manuscript with several somewhat clumsy pen sketches and borders (full-page decoration f. 1r, 58v-59r and 77v-78r, also representations of figures in initials). On f. 126r he gives his name in initials (F.I.A.R.), on f. 125r his name is written out (erased, legible under UV-light: Per me fratrem Jacobum An der Rüti …um Anno 1582).Online Since: 2014-06-2
Appenzell, Landesarchiv Appenzell Innerrhoden, LAAI, C.II.16 : Book of accounts 1582-1591
No full textOn 588 paper pages, this volume contains the income and expenditures of the territory of Appenzell from October 1582 to March 1591. These accounts are among the most important sources for researching the history of the yet undivided region.Online Since: 2023-04-2
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 756.72 : French notarial document (manuscript waste as binding of Cod. 172)
No full textThis fragment was removed from Cod. 172 during the restoration of the previous binding; presumably it originated in the legal office of Pierre Daniels in Orléans, as attested by the fact that his name is on the document.Online Since: 2015-12-1
Appenzell, Landesarchiv Appenzell Innerrhoden, LAAI, C.V.04 : Book of the Council and of renunciatory oaths
No full textThe volume contains on 584 paper pages the decisions of the Appenzell Councils in concise form. It also has many renunciatory oaths, by which delinquents promise not to take revenge on persons who participated in the criminal proceedings against them, as well as a register of wool-yarn dealers (f. 256v and 281r).Online Since: 2024-05-3
Appenzell, Landesarchiv Appenzell Innerrhoden, LAAI, C.VI.03 : Book of mandates
No full textThe band contains on 390 paper pages records of legal regulations valid throughout the land, which regulations were repeatedly substantiated and adopted by the Councils and proclaimed from the church pulpits to the people of the country.Online Since: 2024-05-3