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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 76
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • Each prophet is colorfully depicted in a historiated initial at the beginning of his book.
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 43
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    16th century, 1529/1530 until 1523
    Language
    German
    • Gall humanist, reformer, and politician Joachim Vadian wrote a history of the abbey and city of St.
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 5
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    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    14th century, second half of the 14th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This volume contains a collection of 213 documents from the years 1324-1327, copied by nine notaries
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B282
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1752
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Massekhet Purim contained in this manuscript is a Purim parody by the Provençal author and translator
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 195
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, second third of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin
    • 125v shows one of the few remaining prints of the “Teigdruck” (paste print) technique: Barbara with a
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 86
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, around 950-970
    Language
    Latin
    • The Pseudo-Clementines in a copy produced at the Cloister of Einsiedeln in the period around 950/970,
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 181
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 3rd quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    French
    • At the behest of Jeanne de Laval, the wife of King René of Anjou, in 1465 a cleric from Angers produced
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B252
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [last third of the 15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Several motifs from the manuscript seem to "grow" out of an ornament, such as a head with a bumpy nose
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    Chavannes-près-Renens. Archives cantonales vaudoises, P Antitus
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    Chavannes-près-Renens. Archives cantonales vaudoises
    Date
    16th century, 1500-1501
    Language
    French
    • This manuscript contains the poems La satyre megere, a poem about the reconciliation of King Louis XII
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 5
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • On one of the leaves that have been cut out, now cataloged as D 126 at the Stiftsarchiv Engelberg, a
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1767
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, around 1500/1520
    Language
    Latin
    • The banderole on p. 55, which ends with etc. 156, may give a (false) indication regarding the dating
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 349
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This collection of liturgical manuscripts includes the oldest known example of a Collectarium (containing
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 4
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    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    17th century, 1647
    Language
    Armenian, Latin
    • The text contains the collection of hymns in use in the Armenian Church, in the same order as in a Hymnarium
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S8
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, Scroll: Italy, 18th century / Case: Venice or Rome, 17th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Emerging from a vase at the center is a large naturalistic flowering wine with scrolling stems and blossoms
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 710(322)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 15th century (about 1490)
    Language
    Middle High German, German
    • This manuscript was a gift from a married couple, Ehlinger-von Kappel (Constance) to the Dominican convent
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 153
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 2nd half of the 14th century
    Language
    German, Alemannic
    • With his brief "Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit,” the Dominican Henry Suso (1295-1366) created a work that
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 61
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, 1496
    Language
    Latin, German
    • This small-format book contains parts of the Liturgy of the Hours for a Convent of the Poor Clares.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 268
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • A copy of the grammar textbook De grammatica, composed as a dialogue between the two pupils Saxo and
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Cod. H87
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel
    Date
    18th century
    Language
    German
    • This copy of Burkart von Hallwyl's (1535-1598) pharmacopoeia is a collection of medications and recipes
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 501
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, 1559
    Language
    Persian
    • This manuscript, written in Persian, contains a selection of the “One Hundred Sayings by Ali,” a collection