Margareta Karthäuserin

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Margareta Karthäuserin lived as a nun in the Catherine's Monastery in Nuremberg in the 15th century .

She was a skilled musician and copied eight chorale books between 1458 and 1470. These are kept in the Nuremberg City Library.

Margareta Karthäuserin was one of ten sisters from the Schönensteinbach Monastery who had been sent to Nuremberg to include the monastery in the Dominican reform movement. Margareta specialized in copying books for the liturgy. The works were illustrated a. a. by Barbara weightmaker.

In the modern reception area, Judy Chicago dedicates an inscription to her on the triangular floor tiles of the Heritage Floor of the installation The Dinner Party . The porcelain tile inscribed with the name Margareta Karthauserin is assigned to the place with the place setting for Christine de Pizan .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German biography: Carthäuserin - German biography. In: deutsche-biographie.de. www.deutsche-biographie.de, accessed on October 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ S. Katharinenkloster. In: osu.edu. monasticmatrix.osu.edu, accessed October 25, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Attempt to describe interesting libraries in Germany according to the alphabetical order of the cities: 3.1 . Palm, 1788, p. 39 ( books.google.de ).
  4. ^ Brooklyn Museum: Margareta Karthauserin. In: brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Karthauser, Margareta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 15th century nun
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century