Plenary

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A plenary (also plenary , plural: plenaries ; from the Latin plenus "full", cf. also plenary ) is a liturgical book which, as an anthology for practical use, combines texts that are otherwise to be found in different codes as completely as possible .

A plenary missal ( Missale plenarium ) combines the prayer texts of the Missal with the readings of the lectionary in one volume.

Medieval plenaries were often very elaborate, e.g. B. the plenary of Otto the Mild in the Welfenschatz .

In the early Middle Ages (before the 12th century), the Plenarium directory mostly referred to a gospel book (e.g. gospel book from St. Georg in Cologne, Codex Millenarius in Kremsmünster).

In the late Middle Ages and in the early days of the printing press , plenary refers to a vernacular work that usually offers the complete pericopes of the church year together with an introduction. These plenaries can be seen as the forerunners of the postilles .

literature

  • Paul Pietsch: Ewangeln and Epistel Teutsch: The printed High German Pericope Books [Plenaries] 1473-1523. A contribution to the knowledge of the cradle prints, the history of the German literature and the German language, especially the Bible German and the Bible language. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1927
  • Winfried Kämper: Studies on the printed Middle Low German plenaries: A contribution to the history of the genesis of late medieval edification literature. Münster / Cologne: Böhlau 1954 (Low German Studies, Volume 2)

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