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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 433
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, third quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Deluxe manuscript with numerous outstanding, perfectly executed initials and an excellent image of dedication
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F VIII 12
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Johannes Heynlin from Basel bequeathed this manuscript, together with the other books in his vast library, to
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F V 17
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Noteworthy is the contemporaneous original binding: the quires are attached to the parchment cover with
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 356
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1463-1491
    Language
    Latin
    • There is also the abbot’s coat of arms (p. 5) and an image of the crucifixion with medallions of the
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 576
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 14
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, 1178-1223
    Language
    Latin
    • A large initial with figurative motifs in red-brown and blank ink begins each book; in the text that
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 197
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of the 14th century / beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
    • This book, from the time around 1400, contains prayers and treatises for personal prayer.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 14
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first third of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 756.64
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 2nd half of the 9th century / 1st half of the 10th century
    Language
    Latin
    • These four single leaves, inserted into a printed version owned by Jacques Bongars, came to Bern in 1632
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 9
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, around 1300
    Language
    Latin
    • Gradual from the Franciscan Monastery of Fribourg, still in use in the 16th/17th century according to
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1118
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1565/1566
    Language
    Latin
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Gall, of lectures by Hubertus Morus (Hubert Meurier, 1535–1602) on the first and second book of the Libri
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsMurF 31a
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, middle of the 13th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
    • Linguistic analyses lead to the conclusion that the work originated in the middle or western region of
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 40
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
    • In the 15th century this codex, like many others, received a new leather binding with metal bosses and
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 11
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, third quarter of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
    • with a gold ground, as well as the short tract entitled De fructibus carnis et spiritus, attributed to
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 983
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1464
    Language
    Alemannic, German
    • This piece, a form of guide to the Christian life, was widely used in women's convents for reading aloud
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 152
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    1466
    Language
    Latin
    • Johannes Brüsch of Pfullendorf wrote this breviary presumable at the behest of Hermetschwil Abbey and
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 155
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    16th century, first quarter of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • This manuscript contains hymns and canticles for choral prayers in monasteries.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 380
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, around 1050-1060
    Language
    Latin
    • manuscript from the middle of the 11th century containing an (incomplete) calendar, computus, tropary and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 602
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1451-1460
    Language
    Alemannic, German
    • Gallen Saints Gallus, Magnus, Otmar and Wiborada, illustrated with 142 vivid images.
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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
    • Along with Palermo, Archivio di Stato "Codice Basile" and Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana Ottob. lat. 1346,