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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 6b
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    e-codices
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, second third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Second part of a Bible (first part in Ms. 6a) which, as also Ms. 6a and 6c, was produced in Southwestern
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 154
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    11th century, 15th century, 11th century and 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • It contains some marginal glosses that originate in part in the commentary of Lactance, and is distinguished
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsarchiv (Abtei Pfäfers), Cod. Fab. 1
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsarchiv (Abtei Pfäfers)
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, first quarter of the 9th century / 9th-14th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript was originally designed as an Evangelistary and richly adorned with initials, frames
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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, IS 1841
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    e-codices
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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • inventory was written in 1381 by Brother Giovanni Ioli, who saw to its reorganization between 1377 and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A VII 3
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 9th century, 2-3/3
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
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    • In addition to Greek and Latin Psalms, written somewhere in continental Europe by Irish monks during
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 828
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1402 and 1459
    Language
    Latin
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    • This volume contains the Manuale confessorumby the Dominican Monk Johannes Nider, born in Isny and later
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 181
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • They are richly decorated with gold and cover two thirds of a page; a large number of initials adorned
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 102
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    e-codices
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau
    Date
    17th century, between 1634 and 1638
    Language
    German
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    • Carthusian monastery of Ittingen from 1614), which is probably based on the Chronicle of Jakob Bucher, also
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    Wil. Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina, M II
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    Wil. Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This parchment manuscript written about the end of the 15th century, with musical notation and book decoration
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1878
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, around 1400
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • "Engelberger Predigten" (Engelberg Homilies, earlier also known as "Engelberger Prediger")
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 138
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1480 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The first page is also decorated with a frame of floral interlace, which is interrupted in the lower
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 149
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    French, Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This translation is also based on Lelio Manfredi’s Italian translation, completed in 1513.
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. R 79
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    18th century, 1777-1778
    Language
    French
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    • Ink and pencil.
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 29
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    e-codices
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, 1428
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • commissioned in 1428 by Joan of Mörsberg; she was a member of the Gnadenthal Convent of Poor Clares near Basel and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-45.1
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, undated [1541]
    Language
    Italian
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    • Michelangelo (1475-1564) addressed this sonnet and his dedication to one of his closest friends, the
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 26
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, between 1370 and 1410
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript with philosophical and theological content was written by assorted hands on paper; the
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 12
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • In addition to simple red initials, the manuscript also includes individual extremely artful initials
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The scroll also contains some unusual representations.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 188
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, around 1230
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • is possible that the codex was produced in about 1230 in the area of Cologne in a scholastic circle and
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 7
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    16th century, 1562-1669
    Language
    German, Romansch language
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    • Register of the assets of the inhabitants of the communities Bergün, Filisur, Latsch and Stuls, compiled