Regula by Lichtenthal
Regula von Lichtenthal , actually Margaretha, († May 20, 1478 ) lived as a nun in Lichtenthal Abbey from around 1450 . In the course of the reform of the Cistercian community (from 1426), Regula, who perhaps owed her nickname to her position as clerk , appeared in the wake of Abbess Elisabeth Wiest . Regula's job was to provide the literature needed for the renovation of the monastery. As a reading master , she was responsible for the table readings , most of which were held in German. With her handwriting she dominated the scriptorium of the nunnery. According to a Lichtenthaler necrology , the soror Regula , the Margaretha, the dicta Regula died on May 20, 1478.
Manuscripts
Texts and manuscripts written by Regula, mostly in German, partly translated from Latin and edited independently, deal with table reading in the church year and with explanations of the liturgy ( reading order from around 1450). A total of seven manuscripts, made between 1450 and 1465, come from Regula and are kept in the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe (manuscripts L 65, 69, 70, 74, 79, 82). The composite manuscript L 70 from around 1450 contains the texts that are important for the reading, including a. a lectionary , a gospel book and a fragment of a legendary , next to it a translation of the “Life of Jesus” by Michael von Massa . Manuscript L 69 contains the collection of legends “of the holy maidservants and women”, which is accompanied by a Strasbourg Regula manuscript (Ms. 2542) the legends of male saints , especially the Bernhard von Clairvaux († 1153). In addition, manuscripts L 65, 69, 79 and 82 contain a large number of ascetic and catechetical texts. They all served the instruction of the nuns, which was important for the Lichtenthal monastery reform, and presented the virtues and spirituality of the monastery as exemplary. The German Regula texts made it easier for all nuns to be communicated.
literature
- Stamm, Gerhard, monastery reform and book production. The work of the writing and reading master Regula , in: 750 years of the Cistercian Abbey of Lichtenthal. Fascination of a Monastery, ed. v. Harald Siebenmorgen (= exhibition catalog), Sigmaringen 1995, pp. 63–70
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| SURNAME | Regula by Lichtenthal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Margaretha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nun in the Cistercian convent Lichtenthal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1478 |