Image and Memory in Medieval Germany

Sigebert of Minden and his Sacramentary (1022-1036)

Kirjoittajat

• Jesús Rodríguez Viejo University of Groningen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54334/mirator.v24i2.145782

Avainsanat:

manuscript, illumination, liturgy, patronage, bishop

Abstrakti

This article explores the decoration, perception, and function of the Sigebert Sacramentary (Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, MS. Theol. lat. fol. 2) one of the largest and most luxurious, yet overlooked manuscripts ever created in medieval Central Europe and manufactured at the Abbey of St Gallen in the 1020s as part of a group of eight liturgical manuscripts. The contribution analyses in particular the ecclesiastical symbolism of the unique scenes in this manuscript and offers a contextualisation for its commission by the ambitious bishop Sigebert of Minden (1022-1036).