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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 96-1
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century (1410-1430)
    Language
    French
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    • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
    • Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc, Duke of La Vallière (1708-1780)
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B45
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, before 1611
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Hebron (The Land of Israel), Solomon Adeni
    • of the Mishnah (the first major written redaction of the Oral Torah).
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 715
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, ca. 1193-1200 (glosses surely earlier than 1215)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bernard, of Pavia
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This ecclesiastical law manuscript contains a collection of papal decretals generally known as the Breviarium
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B XI 11
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    German
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    • Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109
    • This small-format composite manuscript is decorated simply; it is from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 539
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, about 1520
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • The Directorium perpetuum of the monastery of St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 198
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Columba the Younger
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland) (?)
    • A copy of the works Libelli de spiritalis historiae gestis and Versus de consolatoria castitatis laude
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 340
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, third quarter of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Superbly crafted Sacramentary of St.
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 516
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1538/39 (-1594)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Fribourg, convent of the Augustinian Friars
    • A fragmentary gradual for the friars of the Order of the Hermits of Saint Haugustine, copied in 1539
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, between about 825 and 849
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 222
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second third of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • De ecclesiasticis officiis by Isidore of Seville (p. 2-134), at the end of the volume a Benedictio Crucis
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 558
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, around 800
    Language
    Latin, Old High German, German
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    • Athanasius of Alexandria, Saint,‏ ‎d. 373
    • John Chrysostom, c 347-407, Saint, Archbishop of Constantinople
    • Caesarius, of Arles, Saint, 470?-542
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 544
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1545 / second half of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • and a hymnal.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 414
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, around 1030 (additions until the 14th century)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Winter part (from the first Sunday in Advent to Holy Saturday) of a Breviary for the divine office, written
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 206
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, third quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job (commentary on Job): commentary on Job 1-5 dating from the time of
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. D 227
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    17th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Greek translation of the Benedictine Rule and some additional devotional materials, made at the monastery
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 845
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, 10th - 11th century
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • A copy of a commentary on the first four books of the work De consolatione philosophiae by Boethius (
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 537
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, before/about 1520
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • The Directorium perpetuum of the monastery of St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 437
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, first half of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Monastery of the Canons Regular of St. Lawrence (Switzerland)
    • This codex, written in the 13th century, contains a lectionary for Matins for the saints’ days and an
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1276
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1738
    Language
    German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • name, escutcheon and coat of arms for the known counts, freemen, nobles, knights and soldiers who perished
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 160
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1469
    Language
    French
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    • Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc, Duke of La Vallière (1708-1780)
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • The Theban and Trojan sagas held an important place in the literature of the middle ages.