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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 27
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, around 1400
    Language
    German, Latin
    • In the middle there is the Dekalogerklärung by Marquard of Lindau.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, N I 6:71
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th/9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • the binding, from a manuscript in Rhaetian minuscule with the rounded cross-stroke of the “t”, which is
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 61
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, about 1400-1405
    Language
    Middle Dutch
    • The Sachenspiegel by Eike von Repgow is one of the oldest books of law in the German language.
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 315(605)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Latin
    • The same text is found in Cod. 338(1321) I.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-45.1
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, undated [1541]
    Language
    Italian
    • His tone is very respectful: Michelangelo greets not only a friend, but also a lady who is part of high
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, AF A2, Vol. 2
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
    • The parchment used is very uneven in quality.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 947
    Collection
    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    German, Latin
    • On p. 89 there is a little-know characterization of peoples and tribes (especially from regions within
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    Überlingen. Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek, Ms. 62
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    e-codices
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    Überlingen. Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek
    Date
    16th century, [1514-1532]
    Language
    German
    • The Eidgenössische Chronik by Werner Schodoler (1490-1541) is in chronological order the last of the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B253
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [around 1400]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This obviously much-used manuscript is in good overall condition; it is written in an elegant square
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 21
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Old High German, German, Latin
    • This 12th century copy from Einsiedeln is the only extant complete copy.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 604
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • The latter is a free adaptation of the 12th century legend of the founding of the Abbey on the Rhine.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S58
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, ca. 1900
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The reader is shown surrounded by men wearing fezes and children holding drums used as noisemakers to
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    Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.74
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • On the back is a Leonine couplet, which attributes the leaf unambiguously to Engelberg.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 127
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Lives of the Saints, produced during the 12th century, possibly in the German Cloister of Weissenau, is
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 141
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Middle High German, German, Latin
    • This is both the oldest copy of this particular text and the oldest surviving copy of a work by Suso.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 142
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 2nd half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This is a witness of the so-called Basilius-version of the commentary on the Benedictine Rule, attributed
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 30
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, around 800
    Language
    Latin, German
    • On page 1, used for quill tests, is the St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 403
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 12th century, 1150/1200
    Language
    Latin
    • This is a collection of liturgical works from the monastery of Disentis, written in the second half of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B284
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • This manuscript is a masterpiece of Jewish book art by Aaron Wolf Herlingen, an artist born around 1700
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 756.72
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1580-1590
    Language
    French
    • originated in the legal office of Pierre Daniels in Orléans, as attested by the fact that his name is