Konstruktionen monastischer Identitäten
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Eckart Conrad Lutz
Abstract
The foundation of the Hirsau reform abbey of Zwiefalten in the Swabian Jura (1089) was an expression of the opposition of those members of the aristocracy, who remained true to Rome, to Emperor Henry IV in the context of the Investiture Controversy. Its influence, and that of its scriptorium, already reached their climax in the mid twelfth century. Beginning with a pen drawing depicting the cosmos and time, this contribution will approach the history of the convent from a number of different perspectives. A consideration of the large-format Chapter Book (1162), the abbey’s most significant instrument for self-reflection, and the individual drawing, leads on to an analysis of the double-page spread, its content and the programme of illustrations, and from there to comparable tableaux in other manuscripts. The question why, although it has several times been posed, the convent should have possessed and maintained a second Chapter Book in quarto has never been answered, and demands a comparative analysis of the complex relationship between the two books. If the history of the convent is taken into consideration, and its concern to create a sense of self-identity that could be also be propagated in the world outside, it seems best to understand their production as one of the many endeavours to achieve a continued existence and lasting influence in the community. During the last years of the abbey it was the modest quarto volume that in 1754 fell into the hands of Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, and this too was at least an expression of the historicisation of that traditional monastic identity that the two manuscripts represent in their own different ways.
Abstract
The foundation of the Hirsau reform abbey of Zwiefalten in the Swabian Jura (1089) was an expression of the opposition of those members of the aristocracy, who remained true to Rome, to Emperor Henry IV in the context of the Investiture Controversy. Its influence, and that of its scriptorium, already reached their climax in the mid twelfth century. Beginning with a pen drawing depicting the cosmos and time, this contribution will approach the history of the convent from a number of different perspectives. A consideration of the large-format Chapter Book (1162), the abbey’s most significant instrument for self-reflection, and the individual drawing, leads on to an analysis of the double-page spread, its content and the programme of illustrations, and from there to comparable tableaux in other manuscripts. The question why, although it has several times been posed, the convent should have possessed and maintained a second Chapter Book in quarto has never been answered, and demands a comparative analysis of the complex relationship between the two books. If the history of the convent is taken into consideration, and its concern to create a sense of self-identity that could be also be propagated in the world outside, it seems best to understand their production as one of the many endeavours to achieve a continued existence and lasting influence in the community. During the last years of the abbey it was the modest quarto volume that in 1754 fell into the hands of Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, and this too was at least an expression of the historicisation of that traditional monastic identity that the two manuscripts represent in their own different ways.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt VII
- Vorwort IX
- Zur Einleitung 1
- Württemberg als Kulturlandschaft im späteren Mittelalter 11
- Wissen für den Hof 37
- The Orient in Württemberg 47
- Zur Buchkultur am spätmittelalterlichen württembergischen Hof 67
- Der Schwanenritter in Württemberg 111
- The literary culture of Dominican women in late medieval Germany 157
- Liturgical manuals – liturgical norms 283
- Die Edelsteine der schwäbischen Krone 313
- Gräfin Katharina von Württemberg und die oberschwäbischen Doppelklöster der Prämonstratenser im Mittelalter 345
- Konstruktionen monastischer Identitäten 385
- The ›Alexiuslegende‹ in Esslingen 457
- Württembergisches in Donaueschinger Handschriften? 487
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Anhang
- Stammtafel 524
- Abkürzungsverzeichnis 526
- Abbildungsnachweis 527
- Handschriftenregister 528
- Register der Personen, Werke und Orte 539
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt VII
- Vorwort IX
- Zur Einleitung 1
- Württemberg als Kulturlandschaft im späteren Mittelalter 11
- Wissen für den Hof 37
- The Orient in Württemberg 47
- Zur Buchkultur am spätmittelalterlichen württembergischen Hof 67
- Der Schwanenritter in Württemberg 111
- The literary culture of Dominican women in late medieval Germany 157
- Liturgical manuals – liturgical norms 283
- Die Edelsteine der schwäbischen Krone 313
- Gräfin Katharina von Württemberg und die oberschwäbischen Doppelklöster der Prämonstratenser im Mittelalter 345
- Konstruktionen monastischer Identitäten 385
- The ›Alexiuslegende‹ in Esslingen 457
- Württembergisches in Donaueschinger Handschriften? 487
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Anhang
- Stammtafel 524
- Abkürzungsverzeichnis 526
- Abbildungsnachweis 527
- Handschriftenregister 528
- Register der Personen, Werke und Orte 539
