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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B284
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • manuscript is a masterpiece of Jewish book art by Aaron Wolf Herlingen, an artist born around 1700 in
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 137
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (beginning?)
    Language
    Latin
    • In this work from Plato's most productive period, Phaedo tells of the death of Socrates from a witness's
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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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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv, COD 3655
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    e-codices
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, 1357-1479
    Language
    Latin, German
    • In addition to the lists of new citizens up to 1441 (actually the oldest register of citizens written
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 58
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, first quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
    • This manuscript contains the Historia trium regum by John of Hildesheim in a High Alemannic translation
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A X 14
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1488
    Language
    Latin
    • 15th century paper manuscript: During his university studies in theology, the Dominican Wernher von Selden
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 126(218)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first third of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript contains Jerome’s commentary on Matthew; it was written in Carolingian minuscule by the
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 45 Vol. 2
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    17th century, [1672]
    Language
    French
    • This manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 21
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Hebrew text of the Old Testament in CB 21 originated in Moorish Spain: Al-Andalus.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A IX 96
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1443
    Language
    Latin
    • Hymn and sequence commentary written in Isny in 1443 by Ulrich Bentz of Winterthur, attested as a registered
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. AA 91
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1467
    Language
    German
    • The so-called "Berner Parzival" is the last dated manuscript of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s epic poem about
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 296
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, around 850 / second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic, German
    • A three-part composite manuscript containing texts from the 9th century: (1) Canons from the collection
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, P 13 fol.:4
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    e-codices
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1340/1339
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript contains books 25-32 of the history of the world by the French Dominican monk Vincent
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-45.1
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, undated [1541]
    Language
    Italian
    • Although the painter often was very sparing in his use of paper, for these few lines he used a large
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 16: 1
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1576
    Language
    German
    • A richly illustrated Swiss chronicle in three parts, or books.
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    Sarnen. Staatsarchiv Obwalden, Sig. A.02.CHR.0003
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    e-codices
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    Sarnen. Staatsarchiv Obwalden
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 1470–1607
    Language
    German, Latin
    • It is called the “White Book” because it was originally bound in a white pigskin cover.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B I 17
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1437; 1436
    Language
    Latin
    • Bishop Paul of Burgos, who converted from Judaism to Christianity at the end of the 14th century, composed
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    Schaffhausen. Staatsarchiv, Urk. 238
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Staatsarchiv
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, around 1300
    Language
    German
    • The "Richtebrief", written in or about 1300 is the oldest codex in the collection that was written outside
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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
    • This manuscript contains the Tractatus super epistolam ad Titum, Expositio in epistulam Pauli ad Philemonem
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 51703
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Leaf from a calendar (the month of January, divided on two pages), from a small-format liturgical manuscript