The Early Transmission of Saint Gertude the Great's The Herald of God's Loving Kindness

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies, Western Michigan Univ.; Committee for the Nomination of St. Gertrude as a Doctor of the Church

Organizer Name

Susan M. B. Steuer

Organizer Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Presider Name

Ana Laura Forastieri OCSO

Presider Affiliation

Monasterio Madre de Cristo

Paper Title 1

The Leipzig Codex Ms 827, the Earliest Transmission of the Latin Legatus divinae pietatis

Presenter 1 Name

Almuth Märker

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig

Paper Title 2

The Earliest Transmitted German Legatus: Gotha, Forschungsbibliothek, Chart. B 269

Presenter 2 Name

Racha Kirakosian

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Harvard Univ.

Paper Title 3

Helfta Abbey's Contacts in Review: Evidence for a Monastic Literary Network?

Presenter 3 Name

Cornelia Oefelein

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Start Date

12-5-2018 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1040

Description

Because the original manuscripts of Gertrude’s works remain unknown, it has long been thought that she was forgotten until the 1536 editio princeps of The Herald. In the last twenty-five years, several new partial manuscripts of the work have been discovered, both in Latin and German, attesting to its reception in Central and Southern Germany. This panel focuses on the early period of The Herald's transmission, through the two most important manuscripts.

Susan Steuer