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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 182(414)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 9th century (first half)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Alcuin of York, c 735-804
    • Abbey of Reichenau
    • This manuscript contains the Tractatus super epistolam ad Titum, Expositio in epistulam Pauli ad Philemonem
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 172
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1490
    Language
    Italian
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    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This late Renaissance Italian humanist manuscript contains excerpts of various works by Latin and Greek
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 484
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 1468
    Language
    German
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Heinrich Schlüsselfelder's work, Blumen der Tugend, a collection of brief instructive tales, is derived
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 95
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
    • Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 15
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Southwestern region of German
    • This Ritual contains a collection of benedictions and rites for the sacraments.
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    Basel. Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt, Klosterarchiv, Kartaus L
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1430-1520
    Language
    Latin
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    • Carthusian Monastery of Basel
    • This Liber benefactorum, the book of benefactors of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel, was written gradually
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 392
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland) (?)
    • The manuscript contains principally the chants for the liturgy of the Hours (response and antiphones)
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 91
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1468
    Language
    Bavarian, German
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    • Carthusian monastery of Allerengelberg (Italy) (?)
    • South Tyrol (Carthusian monastery of Allerengelberg?)
    • This manuscript from the southern Tyrol was produced by two scribes in the year 1468 and bound as one
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Archives du Chapitre St. Nicolas/Kapitelsarchiv St. Niklaus, CSN III.3.7
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg
    Date
    16th century, (1510-1517)
    Language
    Latin
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    • and Fribourg (Switzerland)
    • This antiphonary with musical notation, whose text corresponds to the Lausanne Ordinary, contains the
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 172(1128)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 3rd third of the 9th century / 8th/9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Remigius of Auxerre, 841-908
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 15
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • This codex contains Augustine's exposition on the Gospel of John.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1118
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1565/1566
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Transcriptions, prepared by Mauritius Enk (1538-1575) of the Abbey of St.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 73
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1461
    Language
    Bavarian
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    • East Upper German-speaking region (Region of Bavaria/Austria)
    • This manuscript contains the German version of the Gesta Romanorum, a collection of anecdotes and tales
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 681
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, second-third quarter of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paschasius Radbertus, c 785-c 865, Abbot of Corbie
    • This manuscript, written in the area of the Middle Rhine/Main-Franconia/Hesse in the 2nd-3rd quarter
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, AR I 3
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, around 1520
    Language
    Latin
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    • Carthusian Monastery of Basel
    • Around 1520, Georg Carpentarius, the librarian of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel at the time, compiled
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, E I 4a
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, between 1444 and 1449
    Language
    Latin
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    • Joachim of Fiore
    • Ten illustrated leaves with the second part of the prophecies about the popes from Boniface IX to Eugene
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B331
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This small-format manuscript from the 17th century contains hymnal prayers, poems and blessings for the
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 147
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, second half of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paschasius Radbertus, c 785-c 865, Abbot of Corbie
    • This manuscript contains the De sacramentis (also known as the De corpore et sanguine Domini) written
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Cod. V258
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel
    Date
    17th century, 1629-1639
    Language
    German, French, Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • The family register of the pharmacist Hans Friedrich Eglinger (1608-1675) from Basel provides insights
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 124
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bernard of Clairvaux
    • In the 15th century, the city of Tours and the Loire valley region were home to the court of the kings