Die " Alemannischen Vitaspatrum "

The "Vitaspatrum" are a collection of potted biographies, learned discourses and sayings of the first Oriental hermits and monks and are among the most important writings of the monastic movement. The "Alemannische Vitaspatrum" edited here is a prose translation in Southern Alemannic probably stemming from 14th century German mystics. It is in two parts, each with a different translator, one being a set of biographies, the other a collection of exempla. This historical edition provides an edition of the vulgate text of both parts, extracts from the most important extant revised version and all later additions to the exempla section.