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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 30
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, 14th century, around 1200 / 13th / 14th centuries
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The first part of the manuscript contains about a hundred leaves from the 12th and 13th centuries.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B XI 8
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, around 1300
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • This small-format parchment manuscript is known as the “Basler Liederhandschrift”; it transmits German and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 9
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th/10th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Among the explanations of words, which are predominately in Latin, there are also 178 Old High German
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 227
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th-9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • collection of Patristic texts with selections from works by Isidore of Seville (d. 636; Sententiae and
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, P 33 4°
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, around 1200
    Language
    Latin
    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • This manuscript contains the life of Ulrich by Berno of Reichenau and the lives of St. Gall and St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 204
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, first quarter of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Written and illuminated with gold and minium initials in the monastery of St. Gall ca. 1000.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 426
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The 81 chapter Liber scintillarum is a florilegium (anthology) of maxims and sayings attributed to God
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 214
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
    • Bridget of Sweden, (b. 1303, d. 1373), nun, mystic and saint
    • This prayer book from the third quarter of the 15th century contains prayers and treatises.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 915
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 9th century, 10th century, middle of the 9th century / 10th century / 11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • John the Deacon of Rome, c 825-c 880, Deacon of Rome; also known as Johannes Hymonides
    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Gall and several rules for monks.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, E III 15
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1470-1488
    Language
    Latin
    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
    • de Lapide, who donated it to the Carthusian Monastery of Basel; it contains a collection of speeches and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 219
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, around 850
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The manuscript contains a great number of glosses in Latin and Old High German made by quill and stylus
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 126
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, second half of the 8th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Gall and written partly in Insular Minuscule, begins (pp. 3 and 6) with an Antiphon (?)
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 427
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 573
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th/10th centuries
    Language
    Latin
    • Haito, (b. 763, d. 826), monk and bishop of Basel
    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 35
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Some of the 14 miniatures that decorate the manuscript can in fact also be found in other books of hours
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 102
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    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500-1510
    Language
    Latin, French, Ancient Greek
    • introduced realistic flower borders in the marginal decoration of Anne of Brittany’s Grandes Heures and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 3
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • At the beginning (p. 1) and at the end (p. 254), there are, in addition to occasional pen trials and
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 157(372)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th/9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • A part of pages 204 and 206 and the entire page 214 are written in uncial script.
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 211
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    16th century, beginning of the 16th century
    Language
    Alemannic
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 144
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1470
    Language
    French
    • René I, King of Naples and Jerusalem (1409-1480)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • allegorical poem, composed in 1455, invites people to live a holy life by means of a dialogue between soul and