Der Heiligen Leben, Redaktion (Band III, Sept. - Dez.)

September: Magnus von Füssen, Fausta, Wenzel, Hieronymus. Oktober: Remigius, Franziskus, Coloman, Calixtus.

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    Magnus von Füssen (6. Sept.)

    The pastedowns in 475 (bottom) and 476 (bottom) are part of the same leaf. 476 (bottom) is the top half and 475 (bottom) the bottom.

    In the fragment Magnus ascends a mountain, encounters a bear, corrects the heretical beliefs of some brothers there and then, after the gap between the fragments, he discusses with a priest how best to combat a dragon. This discussion becomes theological and asks whether they should act themselves or allow God to.

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    Fausta von Kyzikos (20. Sept.)

    The pastedowns in 472 (bottom) and 473 (bottom) are part of the same leaf. 473 (bottom) is the top half and 472 (bottom) the bottom.

    In other descriptions 473 (bottom) is described as the legend of an unknown Jungfrau. The Jungfrau in question is Fausta.

    Eiulasius, elsewhere Evilasius, who is mentioned in the fragment, is killed by the Kaiser for having failed to convert Fausta from her Christian belief. The Kaiser then sets about torturing Fausta.

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    Wenzeslaus (28. Sept.)
    The pastedowns in 474 (top) and 475 (top) are part of the same leaf. 475 (top) is the top half and 474 (top) the bottom.
    
    Together, the fragments narrate Wenzel going to church barefoot, the Eucharist and then the baptism of a heathen child.
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    Hieronymus (30. Sept.)

    The very end of the Hieronymus legend is found in the left column. The closing prayer is near identical to the unredacted Der Heiligen Leben version (and not the collecta in the HL-Red. II., e.g. in München, Stadtbibliothek, Cgm 537, 151va).
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    Maryrologium-Teil (1. Okt.)
    The pastedowns in 473 (top) and 474 (bottom) are part of the same leaf. 473 (top) is the top half and 474 (bottom) the bottom.
    The red title of the martyrology for the 1st of October can be seen in the bottom left corner of 473 (top) and the end of martyrology can be seen above the initial in the right-hand column of 474 (bottom).
    The additional saints listed in the marytrologium match those of other HL-Red. manuscripts, including those containing HL-Red. II, e.g. München, Stadtbibliothek, Cgm 537, 151vab.
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    Remigius von Reims (1. Okt.)

    The pastedowns in 473 (top) and 474 (bottom) are part of the same leaf. 473 (top) is the top half and 474 (bottom) the bottom.

    The start of the Remigius legend can clearly be identified by the 10-line-high initial. The legend, albeit partially covered, then continues on the right hand side of 474 (bottom).

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    Franziskus (4. Okt.)
    The pastedowns in 472 (top) and 477 (top) are part of the same leaf. 477 (top) is the top half and 472 (top) the bottom. The leaf has been cut horizontally roughly halfway down.

    This leaf contains the well-known scene in which Francis receives his stigmata.

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    Coloman von Stockerau (13. Okt.)
    The pastedowns in 476 (top) and 477 (bottom) are part of the same leaf. 476 (top) is the top half and 477 (bottom) the bottom.
    A passage from near the end of the Coloman legend can be seen, partially covered, on the left-hand side of 476 (top). The Calixtus legend is on the right-hand side.
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    Calixtus I., Papst (14. Okt.)
    The pastedowns in 476 (top) and 477 (bottom) are part of the same leaf. 476 (top) is the top half and 477 (bottom) the bottom.
    A section of the Calixtus legend can be seen on the right-hand side of 476 (top) and continues on 477 (bottom). 477 (bottom) is pasted into the cover at an angle that means the left-hand column is not visible.
    The section of the Calixtus legend narrates a fire that burns the heathens and their idols in the city. In the passage between the fragments Palmirius gets the Kaiser's approaval to attack the Christians. Among the Chrisitans he captures is Juliana, whose cry that the only true God is the one Calixtus prays to is enough to convert Palmirius who asks Calixtus to baptise him.
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Other available descriptions

• Margarete Andersson-Schmitt, Supplement zu E. Rooths Katalog über die mittelalterlichen deutschen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek zu Uppsala, in: Corona Amicorum. Studier tillägnade Tönnes Kleberg (Acta Bibliothecae R. Universitatis Upsaliensis XV), Uppsala 1968
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