Rule Book of Niedermünster (f.6r): initial A
ID: 
 
634
 
Original Country: 
 
Germany
 
Region: 
 
Bavaria (Bayern)
 
Sorting Title: 
 
Rule Book of Niedermünster (f.6r): initial A
 
Subject: 
 

Description: Initial A decorated with scrolling vines, at beginning of Rule of S. Benedict. Initial A of the Incipit Rule of S. Benedict AUSCULTA O FILIA PRECEPTA MAGISTRI, written in Latin.

 
Creation Date: 
 
c. 990
 
Century: 
 
10th
 
Style Genre: 
 
Ottonian
 
Work Type: 
 
dissertation/thesis
 
Measurements: 
 
h. 228mm, w. 167mm
 
Format Medium: 
 

Parchment, painting

 
Original Location: 
 

Regensburg, S. Emmeram

 
Patrons and Others: 
 

Individual Patron: Henry the Wrangler (Henry, Duke of Bavaria)
Corporate Patron: Niedermünster Nunnery

 
Related Work: 
 

Main: Rule Book of Niedermünster, Regensburg
Rule Book of Niedermünster (fol.5v): Benedict of Montecassino, Rule Book of S. Benedict, Rule Book of Niedermünster (f.65r): Miniature of Caesarius of Arles giving Rule to Nuns

 
Provenance: 
 

Germany: Collection, Henry II, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire
Bamberg: Monastery, Michelsberg
Bamberg: Collection, Dentzlin, Dorothea
Bamberg: Monastery, Michelsberg

 
Current Repository: 
 

Bamberg: Library, Staatsbibliothek

 
Repository Number: 
 
Lit.142
 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Die Regensburger buchmalerei des X. und XI. jahrhunderts: studien zur geschichte der deutschen malerei des frühen mittelalters, pl.III(8).

 
Image Source: 
 
Index of Christian Art
 
Photo Repo Number: 
 
32 B19 LSs 2,6A 118826
 
Contributor: 
 
Lisa Tom
 
Image of Rule Book of Niedermünster (f.6r): initial A.