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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 5
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, about 1491
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • Although the Aesopian tradition enjoyed great popularity during the middle ages, thanks to the dissemination
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 12
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • This codex contains Augustine’s commentary on the Psalms, written in a small, extremely fine script.
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 113
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
    • The major part consists of romances from the great saga cycles such as the Garin le Loherain, Perceval
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 207
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    16th century, 1505
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin
    • This collection of prayers, which was in use in the Hermetschwil nuns’ convent since the 17th century
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 831
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • A composite manuscript from the 11th century, possibly written at the Abbey of St. Gall.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 124
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500
    Language
    Latin
    • In the 15th century, the city of Tours and the Loire valley region were home to the court of the kings
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F VI 74
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1474
    Language
    Latin, German
    • As its main part, this manuscript, completed in 1474 by Henricus de Bacharach, contains a copy of the
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1009
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • An Engelberg copy of the historical work Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII by the ecclesiastical
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. l.e. 209a
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    Latin, Occitan
    • This manuscript was probably written in the 16th century in the Waldensian Valleys of Piedmont (Italy
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv, Ms. 1
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv
    Date
    14th century, 1347
    Language
    Latin
    • Antiphonary with musical notation whose text transmits the Sion Ordinal, contains the winter portion
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 20
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster
    Date
    14th century, 1380–1389
    Language
    Latin
    • Commentary on the Sentences by the Franciscan Petrus de Candia; the rear inside cover has a note of ownership
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 76
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript contains Jerome’s exposition of the twelve prophetic books.
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, AF A8
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    French
    • The text at the end is damaged. The 135 leaves are separated into 19 quires.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1346
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    17th century, 1611 (?)
    Language
    Latin
    • Columba the Younger
    • Order of Service for the Monastery of St. Gall in the Directorium of 1583
    • Transcription of the works of Columbanus by Jodocus Metzler (1574–1639) of the Abbey of St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 392
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • The manuscript contains principally the chants for the liturgy of the Hours (response and antiphones)
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 97
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau
    Date
    17th century, between 1614 and 1638
    Language
    German
    • The manuscript is divided into the chronicle of the Dominican Monastery and the chronicle of the Convent
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv, Ms. 2
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv
    Date
    14th century, 1347
    Language
    Latin
    • This antiphonary with musical notation from the year 1347 is by the same hand as Codex Ms. 1 from the
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 4
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    17th century, around 1641
    Language
    Hebrew
    • It is a sixth, not yet listed, scroll with the motif “lion, lamb and bear,” produced by the famous engraver
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 732
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Manuscript compilation from the first quarter of the 9th century, possibly written in Bavaria.
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    St. Paul in Kärnten. Stiftsbibliothek St. Paul im Lavanttal, 30-1
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    St. Paul in Kärnten. Stiftsbibliothek St. Paul im Lavanttal
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • This Engelberg codex, currently held in Carinthia, typifies the painstaking yet unostentatious method