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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 369
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • representing the important holy days of the church year, and artful flowers and flowerlike ornaments
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 125
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 14th century (around 1320?), notes from the 14th-15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The text is annotated with marginal and interlinear glosses by various contemporaneous and Italian hands
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 43
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1197
    Language
    Latin
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    • The very carefully produced codex, which has only a leather binding, is decorated with artistic initials
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 139
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster
    Date
    15th century, before 1432
    Language
    Latin
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    • Collection of anonymous sermons (Quadragesima) from the early 14th century, containing 96 sermons.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F IV 12
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, around 1400
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • This manuscript transmits various Latin-German vocabularies, among them the Mammotrectus by the Italian
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K94
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1722
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • In this 1722 marriage contract between Yishai (Jesse) Hay, son of R.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B V 13
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This volume is from the library of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel; it contains the first part of the
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 65
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • The manuscript contains Ambrose's treatise De officiis.
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv, PA 185
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv
    Date
    16th century, 1517-1534
    Language
    German
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    • Hans Salat (1498-1561) from Sursee was secretary to the Lucerne court of justice from 1531-1540; during
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 636
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript, probably not written in St.
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    St. Gallen. Stadtarchiv der Ortsbürgergemeinde, StadtASG, Altes Archiv, Bd. 677a
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    St. Gallen. Stadtarchiv der Ortsbürgergemeinde
    Date
    16th century, 1549
    Language
    German
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    • The impulse for writing the original model of this text, Vadian’s “Kleinere Chronik der Äbte” (1544-46
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B III 8
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The manuscript originated at the Dominican cloister in Basel and belonged to Johannes and Hugo von Münchenstein
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 97
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, around 900
    Language
    Latin
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    • A summary presentation of Christian ethics by the early church father Ambrose (about 339 - 397), De officiis
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A2626bis-1
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    17th century, 1657-1670
    Language
    Latin
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    • Diary with daily notes about life in the Jesuit seminary in Porrentruy between 1657 and 1670.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 12
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, end of the 13th - beginning of the 14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This manuscript contains an anonymous Hebrew paraphrase of the first five books of Averroes' (Abu al
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, Msc. 42. fol.
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1459
    Language
    Latin
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    • The commentary of French Franciscan Nicholas of Lira (ca. 1270/1275-1349) on the Old Testament Book of
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 167
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, 1536
    Language
    French
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    • This parchment manuscript contains the mystic text of the Kabbala in cursive script, illustrated with
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 38
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    16th century, beginning of the 16th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • This prayer book contains prayers in High Alemannic dialect.
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, Cod.N.175
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1516/1517
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • The first part of this manuscript contains works by and about the mystic Elisabeth von Schönau (d. 1164
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AG 2.38
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    15th century, 1454
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • In the 15th century, one of the most popular devotional works was the guide to Christian life by the