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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, B-24.1
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    18th century, n.d. [Paris, around January 1797]
    Language
    French
    • The comedy The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro is a vivid satire of society during the Ancien Régime
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 191(277)
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th / 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This collection contains, together with other texts, a collection of Canons of ecclesiastical law called
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 46
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
    • This is a mostly undecorated copy of the second book of Gregory’s Homeliae in Ezechielem, written in
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F I 21
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • The Pecia System is a method for the quick handwritten reproduction of an original: instead of copying
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 426
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • A copy of the Liber scintillarum, a text originally written in about 730 by the monk Defensor of Ligugé
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 831
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • A composite manuscript from the 11th century, possibly written at the Abbey of St. Gall.
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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
    • Heinrich Schlüsselfelder's work, Blumen der Tugend, a collection of brief instructive tales, is derived
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 130
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500
    Language
    Italian, Latin
    • Though it was created at a time when book printing had already proven its usefulness, this manuscript
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, SH 228
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
    Date
    16th century, second half of the 16th century
    Language
    German
    • The Housebook of the Lords of Hallwil, also known as Turnierbuch, is a combination of family chronicle
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 3
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • This manuscript contains the summer portion of a monastic antiphonary.
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 722.2
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Folium from a manuscript of the Collectanea rerum memorabilium by Gaius Julius Solinus; it contains parts
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AA/4530
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • , among other items, death records from Hermetschwil, seasonal monetary contributions and interest, a
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 193(66)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • A 12th century manuscript (1170-1190), probably copied in Switzerland (Einsiedeln?) or in Austria.
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    Mariastein. Benediktinerkloster, ehem. zbs S 353
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    Mariastein. Benediktinerkloster
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (1470-1480)
    Language
    German, Latin
    • Mariastein Abbey acquired the book at a Basel auction around 1820.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B344
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This miniature prayer book is the result of a unique collaboration of two of the most eminent Viennese
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K70
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1765
    Language
    Hebrew
    • late Jonathan Judah Finzi, and his bride Ricca, daughter of Gedaliah Senigaglia (Senigallia) names a
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15e
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th century; supplements until 10th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • A composite manuscript from Fulda with texts primarily on the topic of repentance and asceticism.
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Livre des bourgeois 2 / Bürgerbuch 2
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 1416-1769
    Language
    Latin, German
    • The state archives of Fribourg owns a whole series of registers of citizens(Bürgerbücher).
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Cap. Rés. 527
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • The first page features a golden initial on a background of white vine stem decoration, as well as a
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 33
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, around 1100
    Language
    Latin
    • manuscript contains, in addition to two works by Augustine, the Allerheiligen Abbey Library’s only copy of a