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Kartause Ittingen (1461-1848) (Carthusian monastry )

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1461 - 1848

Biography

Founded in 1150 for the Canons Regular, the monastery was sold in 1461 to the Carthusians. In 1524, during the Reformation, the monastery was destroyed, but was rebuilt during the Counter-Reformation. The charterhouse survived until 1848, when it was finally dissolved.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

MS 34: Gradual (Carthusian), late 14th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 34
Scope and Contents A Gradual (or graduale) is a book which contains the chants sung during the Mass. It includes the music notation together with the words. Like the Breviary, it is divided into distinct parts according to the two main cycles of the liturgical year, which contain respectively all the parts of the liturgy which vary in accordance to a specific observance (proprium de tempore, 'proper of time' and...
Dates: late 14th century