Luzerner Chronik, Page 15

Luzern, Korporation Luzern, S 23
Bau der Klosterkirche im Hof unter der Leitung des Abtes Wichard
Construction of the Monastery Church in the Courtyard under the Direction of Abbot Wichard

The city of Luzern/Lucerne began as a Benedictine Monastery dedicated to Saint Maurice, and the church was subsequently dedicated to Saint Leodegar. A website maintained by the Familie Gerhard Eichinger presents the most complete history available in English, a translation of a 19th-century German text – Court Church (Hofkirche). The angel above shining the lamp upon the construction refers to the derivation of the name of the city from this shining monastery – Monasterium Luciaria.

The German Wikipedia entry on the church provides more details about Abbot Wichard – “Im Jahre 800 ging das kleine Kloster unter, bis es durch Abt Wichard im Jahre 850 wieder unter die Regel des Heiligen Benedikt gestellt wurde” – and about the church building as it would have been by the early 16th century – “Über die Anfänge der Hofkirche kann nichts gesagt werden, weil keine archäologischen Erkenntnisse vorliegen. Urkundlich ist einzig belegt, dass in der zweiten Hälfte vom 9. Jahrhundert eine Kirche mit Vorhalle bestanden haben muss. In der zweiten Hälfte des 12. Jahrhunderts wurde eine romanische Anlage mit zwei Türmen errichtet. Im Laufe der Jahre und Jahrhunderte wurde die Kirche erweitert und verlängert.” About Abbot Wichard, little is available in the public domain.

Biblioteca medicea laurenziana, MS. Plut. VI.23 – Matthew 9

Matthew 9.2 – Christ Forgives the Sins of the Paralytic

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Matthew 9.3-5 – Christ Responds to the Thoughts of the Scribes

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Matthew 9.6-7 – The Paralytic Takes Up His Bed

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Matthew 9.9 – The Calling of Matthew

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Matthew 9.10 – Christ Eats with Publicans and Sinners

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Matthew 9.11-13 – Christ Explains to the Pharisees That He is Come to Call the Sinners

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Matthew 9.17 – The Parable of the Wineskin

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Matthew 9.18 – Jairus Asks Christ to Bring His Daughter back to Life

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Matthew 9.19 – Christ Follows Jairus

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Matthew 9.20-22 – Christ Heals the Woman with the Issue of Blood

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Matthew 9.23-25 – Christ Raises the Daughter of Jairus

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Matthew 9.27 – Two Blind Men Follow Christ

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Matthew 9.28-30 – Christ Heals the Two Blind Men

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Matthew 9.31 – The Two Blind Men Spread the Fame of Christ

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Matthew 9.32-33 – Christ Exorcises the Dumb Man

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Matthew 9.35-37 – Christ Heals Every Disease and Infirmity, and Says to His Disciples, “The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.”

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Sources
Digital Facsimile / Index of Medieval Art
Le Tétraévangile de la Laurentienne by Tania Velmans.