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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 913
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, around 790
    Language
    Latin, Old High German, German
    • The Vocabularius sancti Galli – an Old High German glossary written by a missionary 150 years after the
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1008
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • For centuries this manuscript was unknown, until in 1963 it was discovered along with several other codices
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 20
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    e-codices
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript contains the Legenda aurea by Jacobus de Voragine.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, AN IV 18
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript, produced in the first half of the 9th century in Fulda, contains two astronomical texts
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 64
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • the Theban myth in a new way in his writing.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 53
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, about 1470-1475
    Language
    French
    • by Vasco da Lucena, "the Portugese", a retainer of the Infanta Isabella, who was married to Philip the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S24
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This eighteenth-century megillah was created in Lower Saxony and exemplifies a type of folk art decoration
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 78
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, second half of the 8th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Cassiodor's commentary on the Psalms is the oldest manuscript in the Ministerial Library.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B IX 25
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic
    • They were originally created in the 14th century as two separate pieces; later they were bound together
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B316
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Latin
    • This calligram depicting King David playing a harp comprises the Latin text of what is known as the Seven
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, P 13 fol.:1
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    e-codices
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1338
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript contains books 1-8 of the history of the world by the French Dominican monk Vincent of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K29
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1789
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This marriage contract was made in one of the most important Jewish communities of Italy, the Adriatic
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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, Ms 350
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    e-codices
    Date
    15th century, around 1430
    Language
    French
    • knight and poet, distinguished himself both through his verses and through his heroic deeds during the
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 840
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1459
    Language
    Latin
    • Copy of the commentary on the first twelve books of Artistotle’s Metaphyiscs by the philosopher Nicholas
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, C II 10
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1st half of the 14th century
    Language
    Latin
    • For efficiency, writings of law and canon law were often copied using the pecia system, where a model
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 94
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • A not particularly good quality copy of three letters by Ambrose, three chapters from the work De
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsMurQ 7
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, second half of the 14th century and second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This monastic breviary was written in the second half of the 14th century for a Benedictine monastery
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 303
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
    • The colophon at the end of the manuscript establishes with certitude that it was copied at the Cistercian
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, AG 2760
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
    Date
    14th century, around 1330-1345
    Language
    No language
    • In addition there are 28 flags of German bishoprics and monasteries.
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsMurF 31a
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, middle of the 13th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
    • The Osterspiel von Muri (Easter Play of Muri) is the oldest known rhyming dramatic piece in German.