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11th c. Lectionarium. Berlin, Ehem. Preussische Staatsbibliothek, Ms.theol.lat.qu.1
(z.Zt. Kraków, Bibliothek Jagiellońska, Depositum). Farbmikrofiche-Edition.
Liturgiegeschichtliche Einführung, Verzeichnis der Perikopen und Register
von Martin Klöckener. Historische Einführung und Verzeichnis der
Handschriften des Bischofs Sigebert von Minden von Wolfgang Milde.
[Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preuß. Kulturbesitz, theol. lat. 4º 1]
[3-89219-018-6] Codices Illuminati Medii Aevi, 18. Munich, 1993. 17 x 25 cm, 88 pp, 9
fiches.
St Gall, c.1022-1036, vellum MS with 252 fols., in minuscule script. The Lectionary
contains the non-evangelic lessons of the Old and New Testament arranged for liturgical
use in the mass throughout the year, beginning with the cycle for Christmas. Decorative
golden initials in various sizes with split stems on colored ground filled with foliage mark
the lectures for Sundays, while the larger ones are initials for Christmas, Easter, Ascension
and Whitsunday. Simple red initial majuscules filled with gold indicate the weekdays.The
rubrics for each pericope are in Capitalis rustica. The Lectionary represents the
Roman-Frankish pericope system typical for the 10th-11th c. This codex is part of a group
of eight extant luxury manuscripts produced for Sigebert, Bishop at Minden (1022-1036).
Linen.
€ 370 http://www.omifacsimiles.com/brochures/cima18.pdf
11th c. Vita sancti Liudgeri (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ms.
theol. lat. fol.323).
[Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preuß. Kulturbesitz, theol. lat. 4º 323]
[3-201-01586-5] Codices Selecti, XCV. Graz, 1993. 12.5 x 30 cm, 68 pp + commentary.
This rare document of medieval history, culture and religion, provides an illustrated
biography of Saint Liudger. Born around 742 in the environs of Utrecht, Saint Liudger
attended courses in theology at the cathedral school of York where he was a student of
Alcuin. Around 790 Charlemagne appointed Liudger head of the mission in East Friesland.
In 791 he sailed to Helgoland from where he was expelled in 792 during a rebellion. In the
same year, Charlemagne entrusted him with the mission in western Saxony. Liudger is
credited with founding a monastery in the settlement of Mimigernaford in 793 (later to
become the city of Münster; after its elevation to an Episcopal see, Liudger was ordained as
its first bishop in 805). He went on to found a Benedictine monastery at Werden in 799.
Saint Liudger died in 809 in Billerbeck and was brought back to Werden where his body
rests today. The 68-page MS, copied around the end of the 11th c. in Werden Abbey,
contains 23 miniatures on gold and silver grounds. The style of the painting, use of colors
and the forceful expression of the figures clearly place it in the tradition of late Ottonian
book illumination. Commentary by Eckhard Freise. Limited edition of 450 copies, bound in
full leather, with slipcase.
€ 1480