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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1002
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    German
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    • This manuscript, which features two ownership notes from the community of sisters of St.
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    Müstair. Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Johann, I Nr. 1
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    Müstair. Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Johann
    Date
    15th century, around 1460
    Language
    Latin
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    • The central part of the manuscript contains the Story of the Holy Blood, which was written in Latin around
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A5328
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    18th century, 1756-1789
    Language
    French
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    • This paper manuscript, paginated 108-286, is one of four surviving copies of the writings of Nicolas
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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, Ms 398
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    e-codices
    Date
    9th century, ca. 830
    Language
    Latin
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    • Universitätsbibliothek Pal. lat. 921, this fragment from the Fulda Abbey Scriptorium constitutes one of
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    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais, S 97
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    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais
    Date
    15th century, 1460-1465
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript from the library of Walter Supersaxo (ca. 1402-1482), Bishop of Sion, and of his son
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, B-24.1
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    18th century, n.d. [Paris, around January 1797]
    Language
    French
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    • The comedy The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro is a vivid satire of society during the Ancien Régime
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 3
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • This first part of the three-volume Engelberg Bible (together with Cod. 4 and Cod. 5) contains the Pentatuch
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 4
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
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    • Part of a four-volume Latin Bible in parchment, produced in the scriptorium of Allerheiligen monastery
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 277(1014)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 3rd quarter of the 14th century
    Language
    German
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    • Mystic treatises in German: Mechthild of Magdeburg's The Flowing Light of Divinity ("Das fliessende Licht
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 115
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    e-codices
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau
    Date
    17th century, between 1631 and 1638
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Chronicle of the Cloister of Wettingen by Heinrich Murer (1588-1638, member of the Carthusian convent
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    Saint-Imier. Mémoires d'Ici, FER 2
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    Saint-Imier. Mémoires d'Ici
    Date
    18th century
    Language
    French, German, Latin
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    • This volume contains copies of various documents, which were meticulously collected by the pastor of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1084
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    German
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    • Gall Abbot Ulrich Rösch's (1462-1491) book of heraldry, containing 1,626 coats of arms of prominent people
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 78
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 14th century (around 1370?)
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • Its 187 miniatures crafted by Giustino da Forli portray the most important scenes of the Trojan War against
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B332
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1755
    Language
    Latin
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    • Until 1800, the University of Padua was the most important center for Jewish students, whereas the University
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 730
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    7th century, 670/680
    Language
    Latin
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    • The incompletely preserved Edictum Rothari is the oldest extant copy of the early medieval law of the
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, R-49.1
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    18th century, not dated [ca. 1764]
    Language
    French
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    • For the first time, the philosopher becomes directly involved in the affairs of Geneva.
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 756.66
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1538-1569
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • These three documents are from the previous binding of Cod. 120 (now 120-1 and 120-2), from which they
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsMurFm 4
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, last quarter of the 15th, first quarter of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • First volume (Temporale) of the two-volume gradual with liturgical songs that Abbot Laurentius of Heidegg
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 16: 2
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1572
    Language
    German
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    • The newest and most comprehensive book (Part I) contains the origin and history of the Confederation
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 16: 3
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1572
    Language
    German
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    • The newest and most comprehensive book (Part I) contains the origin and history of the Confederation