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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 352/1-2
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, around 1440
    Language
    German, Alemannic
    • The Speculum humanae salvations is a work consisting of texts and illustrations of Biblical content.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1002
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    German
    • Gall (probably from the period around 1500) on p. 3, contains two spiritual texts from the 13th and 14th
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K99
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1648
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The lavish decoration of this printed and hand-painted ketubah attests to the high esteem in which this
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A2626bis-2
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    17th century, 1671-1680
    Language
    Latin
    • Diary with daily notes about life in the Jesuit seminary in Porrentruy between 1671 and 1680.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 914
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first third of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Smaragdus of St-Mihiel, (b. c. 760, d. c. 840), abbot and writer
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 803
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 12th century, end of the 11th / beginning of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin, Old High German
    • The Rotulus von Mülinen contains more than 460 recipes, incantations and blessings in Latin, with selective
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Mss.h.h.XV.54
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, just before 1331
    Language
    Latin
    • This fragment from Königsfelden Monastery consists of only 12 leaves (= 1 quire) and contains a complete
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F VII 4
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Composite manuscript of philosophical content, owned by Jakob Lauber and even partially written by him
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 5
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1460
    Language
    French
    • text, which was in wide use during the second half of the 15th century, was translated into French and
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv, KF 80
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv
    Date
    16th century, after 1500
    Language
    German, Latin
    • oldest necrology of the Franciscan Monastery of Lucerne has not survived; KF 80 is the second necrology and
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    Sarnen. Benediktinerkollegium, Fragm. I. 1
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    Sarnen. Benediktinerkollegium
    Date
    9th century, around 840
    Language
    Latin
    • This mutilated bifolium in Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian minuscule represents the sole surviving remainder
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 99
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1460
    Language
    Latin
    • Rich book decoration includes gold-grounded initials, filigree, and margin borders. 12 figured and illustrated
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    Solothurn. Domschatz der St.-Ursen-Kathedrale, Cod. U 3
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    Solothurn. Domschatz der St.-Ursen-Kathedrale
    Date
    15th century, 1438/39
    Language
    Latin
    • parchment manuscript produced in 1438/39 was commissioned by Solothurn mayor Henmann von Spiegelberg and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 292
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 12th century, part 1: 11th century / part 2: 11th or 12th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Martini), grammatical works (Priscian, Institutio de arte grammatica; Donat, Ars grammatica), and writings
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 363
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1483
    Language
    German
    • German language lectionary with the Epistles and Gospel readings according to the Church year (Proprium
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 32
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • The Cistercian Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) wrote between 1135 and 1153 the 86 sermons on the
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv, KU 496
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv
    Date
    16th century, 1513
    Language
    German
    • beginning in 1535, wrote a history of the monastery, embedded in the history of the Swiss confederation and
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 44
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    16th century, around 1545-1547
    Language
    German
    • emphasis initially is on the history of the monastery; from the 13th century onward, what appears more and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 176
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • the 11th century this text was carefully studied by the monk Ekkehart IV, who added numerous remarks and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 456
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, 10th/11th centuries
    Language
    Latin
    • Gall monk Notker Balbulus (d. 912), a work written in about 900 and following.