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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B I 7
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 2nd quarter of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • manuscript with Peter Lombards’ commentary on the Psalms, previously owned by Petrus Medicus, came to
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 70
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 760-780
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Winithar's copy of the Pauline Epistles – Winithar's address to his fellow monks.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 572
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • This rather plain (in comparison to Codices 560, 562 und 564) copy of the lives of St.
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 70
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 12th century, around 1100
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 306
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, first third of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The last page received a copy of Abbo’s second letter to Giraldus and Vitalis.
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 730
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, 14th and 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • The first part (1-16) is from the 14th century and presents an abridged version of Usuard's martyrology
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, cod. 6 (JUD040)
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    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    14th century, 1st half of the 14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The manuscript opens and closes with Masoretic lists (ff.
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 298
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 1410 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Mantua and Florence
    • volume produced in 1420 in Florence is among the earliest manuscripts written in Humanist minuscule, and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 10
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr (attributed to)
    • This manuscript consists of four texts: an anonymous treatise on arithmetic and astronomy, an anonymous
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S54
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [ca. 1740]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • This scroll contains one of the most finely executed series of illustrations to be found in decorated
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 174
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Mainz and St. Gall (?)
    • Mainz and St. Gall (?)
    • A small section at the front and some pages at the end, however, were produced in the 11th century, during
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A I 20
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1445
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This manuscript was written in 1445 by the prolific scribe and later prior of the Dominican Monastery
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15a
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th / 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • the codex escaped destruction because it reached Basel during the 16th century, before the abduction and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 167
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • A copy of Reichenau man of letters and Abbot Walahfrid Strabo's commentary on Psalms 1-76.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 905
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, around 900
    Language
    Latin
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    • Salomo III Ranschwag, d 919, Bishop of Constance and Abbot of St Gall
    • The work has not survived in its complete form (entries beginning with Aa through Ab and Y and Z are
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 104
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    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, around 1440/50
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • England and Netherlands
    • between Tournai and The Hague
    • Two artists, active around 1440/50, contributed to the decorations of this book of hours: the older one
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 56
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Ivo, bishop of Chartres and reformer, first wrote this work after 1095, but it spread extremely fast
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 144
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1470
    Language
    French
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    • René I, King of Naples and Jerusalem (1409-1480)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This allegorical poem, composed in 1455, invites people to live a holy life by means of a dialogue between
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 435
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, around 810
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 70
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • At the end of the text (114v), the writer transcribed some annotations regarding the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy