L’obituaire des Penitentes de Sainte-Madeleine de Strasbourg
by L. Schlaefli
Paperback (Published)
(August 2020)
ISBN: 9782877543972
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Written in 1518 by Sister Ursula Stingelin, the obituary (Seelbuch) of the penitents of Sainte-Madeleine de Strasbourg, a community founded in 1222, is one of the rare obituaries of women’s communities preserved. It was written in one stroke from an ancient obituary, now lost, and was used until the early years of the 19th century. While the old, copied entries of the obituary concern mainly sisters and some brothers, the entries of the 15th and 16th centuries are mostly about the benefactors of the community, describing foundations and legacies. Most of the records from the 15th and 16th centuries, and all those that follow, are dated, which also makes this obituary a valuable document for the study of Strasbourg society. The last peculiarity of this obituary, apart from the liturgical calendar which serves as its support, is that it is written entirely in Middle High German and Alsatian.
Redige en 1518 par la soeur Ursula Stingelin, l’obituaire (Seelbuch) des penitentes de Sainte-Madeleine de Strasbourg, dont le manuscrit est conserve dans la bibliotheque du Grand Seminaire de Strasbourg (ms. 35), est un des rares obituaires de communautes feminines conserves. Il a ete ecrit d’un trait, a partir d’un ancien obituaire, aujourd’hui perdu, et a ete utilise jusqu’aux premieres annees du XIXe siecle, la derniere addition etant datee de 1823. La communaute avait ete fondee en 1222, hors de la ville mais les batiments furent rases, avec d’autres, en 1475. La premiere pierre de la nouvelle eglise, reconstruite a l’interieur des murs avec l’aide de nombreux bienfaiteurs, fut posee en 1478. Elle a ete detruite a son tour par un incendie en 1904. Si le fonds ancien de l’obituaire concerne surtout des soeurs et quelques freres, les entrees du XVe et du XVIe siecles sont avant tout celles des bienfaiteurs de la communaute, decrivant fondations et legs. Vingt-six fondations etaient a ce point detaillees que soeur Ursula les a regroupees a la suite de l’obituaire proprement dit. La plupart des notices des XVe et XVIe siecles, et toutes celles qui suivent, sont datees, ce qui fait aussi de cet obituaire un document precieux pour l’etude de la societe strasbourgeoise. Derniere particularite de cet obituaire, en dehors du calendrier liturgique qui lui sert de support, il est integralement redige en moyen-haut allemand et en alsacien.
- By (author) L Schlaefli
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