Confraternity book
A confraternity book or liber vitae is a medieval memorial book that records the names of people who have entered into a state of brotherhood with a church in some way, often by visiting it in the capacity of a pilgrim.
Confraternity books
The following is a list of some earlier medieval confraternity books:
- Confraternity book of the Abbey of St Gall
- Confraternity book of Reichenau Abbey
- Confraternity book of St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg
- Liber memorialis of Remiremont Abbey
- Liber Vitae of the Imperial Abbey of Corvey
- Liber Vitae of Durham
- Liber Vitae of the New Minster, Winchester and Hyde Abbey
- Liber Viventium of Pfäfers Abbey
- Memorial and Liturgiecodex of San Salvatore
References
- Geuenich, Dieter (2004), "A Survey of the Early Medieval Confraternity Books from the Continent", in Rollason, David, The Durham Liber Vitae and Its Context, Woodbridge: Boydell Press, pp. 141–8, ISBN 1-84383-060-4
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