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    Bulle. Musée gruérien, 383
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Bulle. Musée gruérien
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • This small liturgical book was used in the Monastery of San Michele di Campagna near Verona during the
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    Castro. Archivio parrocchiale, s. n.
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    e-codices
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    Castro. Archivio parrocchiale
    Date
    16th century, 1554
    Language
    Italian, Latin
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    • This martirologio-inventario (annal) was written in 1554 at the request of the vicini (the original members
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S I 175
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    e-codices
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1438-1443
    Language
    Latin
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    • Between 1438 and 1443 the proceedings of the Council of Basel with some interruptions, were recorded
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 80
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 12th century, around 1100
    Language
    Latin
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    • A copy of the first five books of Moses (the Pentateuch), the books of Joshua and Judges from the Old
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B250
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, [late 13th or early 14th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • The halakhic text Shibbolei ha-Leket ("Ears of Gleaning") by Zedekia ben Abraham Anav of Rom (ca. 1225
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 34
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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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    • Bernard of Clairvaux
    • Like Cod. 33, this manuscript contains 150 sermons by the Cistercian Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (1090
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 339(1322)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 8th century, 8th/9th centuries / 9th/10th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • This manuscript consists of two parts, bound together for the first time during the 14th century in Einsiedeln
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1123
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1566
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • Lecture notes by Mauritius Enk (1538-1575) of the abbey of St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1121
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1568
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • The volume also contains the sentences of the Jesuit Professor Johannes Maldonatus (professor of theology
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, AN II 6
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 1462-1740
    Language
    Latin
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    • Those wishing to study at the University of Basel, founded in 1460, had to enroll in the rector’s registry
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B327
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, [around 1800]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • The "Counting of the Omer" is a blessing that takes place during the 49 days from the second day of Passover
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 90
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • Many scribes contributed to the copies of the works of Horace, Virgil, Persius and Statius that have
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 176
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1471
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • Rhetorica, a work in Latin recording ten years teaching by Guillaume Fichet, is a witness to this „Art of
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 131
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, late 14th century
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • This manuscript unites two different collections of Italian poetry: a collection of 380 poems by Petrarch
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 344
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • beautiful initial ‘M’ (a vine scroll contoured in red on a blue and green background), from p. 22 the Canon of
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 51
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • This manuscript contains Cicero’s speeches, which were copied out in a humanistic script of the 15th
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S12
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • The Jews of Italy associated twisted columns with those of the Temple of Solomon, which they believed
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 8
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    e-codices
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, about 1577-1591
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • This paper manuscript with parchment binding is an exemplar of the category “libri di ricordanze,” which
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 749.8
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    German
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    • probably the Dominican Monastery of Basel
    • A love letter in Middle High German, which came to the Burgerbibliothek Bern from the estate of Dr.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1118
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1565/1566
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • Transcriptions, prepared by Mauritius Enk (1538-1575) of the Abbey of St.