ABSTRACT
Close reading of ten manuscripts from Dominican women’s convents of Freiburg im Breisgau provides substantial evidence of literate engagement by late medieval nuns. Further evidence of liturgical and literate practices come from the 1318 Chronicle of prioress Anna von Munzingen. Third, Christopher Small’s concept of “musicking” explains features of the mise-en-page that are otherwise obscure. Musical marginalia evoked both sounds (acoustical detail) and performance (community action). Through a nun’s act of remembering the liturgy and through her subsequent creative modification of the page, she engaged in relational work, calling to mind choral voices worshiping together in community.
