Abstract
This essay describes a German codex now held by Princeton University’s Library. Dated to 1424, the book was owned by the convent of St. Catherine in Nuremberg and held in its library (medieval shelf mark – L XV). The essay argues that the book functioned as a book of hours, a genre understood as more flexible in the German context. Owned by Kunigund Schreiberin before she took vows (1429), the book also offers a specific example of medieval lay women’s devotional practice.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 82-102 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur |
| Volume | 155 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2026 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language
- Literature and Literary Theory
Keywords
- Books of Hours
- Conrad Forster
- Convent of St. Catherine in Nuremberg
- Konrad Forster
- Kunigund Niklasin
- Kunigund Niklasin
- Kunigund Schreiberin
- Kunigund Schreiberin
- Laienfrömmigkeit
- lay piety
- observant reform
- Ordensreform
- Schlagworte: Kloster St. Katharina zu Nürnberg
- Stundenbuch
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