Wilhelmus Grimetre

Wilhelmus Grimetre also Guillaume Grimaître (* 1436 in Saint-Ursanne ; † 1519 in La Neuveville ) was a priest, scribe and owner of manuscripts and incunabula in La Neuveville (Switzerland).

Life

From 1459/1460 Wilhelmus Grimetre was pastor in Vinelz (Fénis) in the Erlach ( Canton Bern ) office and later also chaplain at the White Church (Alba Ecclesia, Blanche-Eglise) in La Neuveville. He died in La Neuveville in 1519, where his tombstone can still be seen inside the White Church (as of 2017).

He was the owner of various theological and canonical texts in incunable and early prints and wrote liturgical, sermon and other texts for his church service, most of which he provided with his coat of arms and autobiographical notes in German, French and Latin. When he died, most of his books remained in place and were used by his successors in office; they are kept in the archives of the La Neuveville Civic Community ; an anthology with files from the Council of Constance is kept in the Capuchin Monastery of Wesemlin Lucerne; a Missale ad usum Lausannensis diocesis , written by him in Vinelz (Fénis) in 1488, paper manuscript in folio format , also used by him as a handbook and notebook, is kept in Friborg (Switzerland), State Archives (Fonds de l'Hôpital , ms.sn).

literature

• Martin Germann: Spolia from four medieval private libraries in Switzerland: in the libraries of Bern, Sankt Gallen and Zurich, as well as in the Musée historique de La Neuveville (Bern) ; in: Le biblioteche private come paradigma bibliografico : Atti del convegno internazionale Roma 2007, a cura di Fiammetta Sabba; Bulzoni editore, Roma 2008; p. 255-276 & ill. 1–6, on Wilhelm Grimetre see pp. 266–270.
• Josef Leisibach: The Missal of Wilhelm Graumeister ; in: Journal for Swiss Church History = Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique Suisse 71, 1977, pp. 141–199, esp. pp. 142/143.
• Josef Leisibach: The liturgical manuscripts of the canton of Friborg (without the cantonal library) ; Freiburg i. Üe. 1977 ( Iter Helveticum Volume 2), pp. 26-31 (with bibliography).
• Catalog of dated manuscripts in Switzerland in Latin script from the beginning of the Middle Ages to 1550 = Catalog des manuscrits datés en Suisse ..., founded by Albert Bruckner ; Urs Graf Verlag, Dietikon-Zürich, 1977–1991, text volume 2 (1983) pp. 184–185 (personal texts nos. 504–507), and p. 236 biography (incorrect: it did not come from “Muria”, but, according to his own information in his books, from Saint-Ursanne); Figure Volume 2 Nos. 442-446, 483-484. - Owner also of Ms. daté pp. 164–165 No. 449, in Lucerne, Capuchin Monastery, Provincial Archives No. B 2: anthology 1482/1501 with files from the Council of Constance etc.
• E. War: La bibliothèque de Guillaume Grimètre de La Neuveville ; in: Actes de la Société jurassienne d'émulation 1935, 2e série, vol. 40, pp. 73–81 (with a list of 11 prints and 17 handwritten documents).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bourgeoisie La Neuveville. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (French).