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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 46
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, around 872-883
    Language
    Latin
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing books
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    [sine loco], codices restituti, Cod. 2 (Frowinus dispersus)
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    e-codices
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    [sine loco], codices restituti
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • It contains the first (ff. 6r-99r) and second part (99r-193v), each divided into five books.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 858
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1499
    Language
    Latin
    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • All texts have commentaries, and the more important works are generally preceded by an argumentum.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 969
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1465, 1467
    Language
    Swabian, German
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • This undecorated manuscript in Swabian–Alemannic was written by two hands and contains numerous German-language
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 11
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    e-codices
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, 1425
    Language
    Latin
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 397
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, middle of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, Old High German, German
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • This manuscript collection contains items of poetic, liturgical, computational, natural scientific, and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 241
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, beginning of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • It contains the Liber Testimoniorum by Paterius, letters exchanged between Jerome and Damasus, selections
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 56
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Ivo, bishop of Chartres and reformer, first wrote this work after 1095, but it spread extremely fast
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 98
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, 1170-1180
    Language
    Latin
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Dedicated to the Archbishop of Reims, the work quickly became a great success and remains known today
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S54
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [ca. 1740]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • The highly accomplished artist Wolf Leib Katz Poppers has modeled detailed figures, scenes, and animals
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S 194
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    e-codices
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
    • Anselm of Canterbury, c 1033-1109, Saint, Abbot of Bec and Archbishop of Canterbury
    • This spiritual handbook contains assorted German texts: a translation of the Gospel of Nicodemus and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 64
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, third quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Pauline Epistles with a miniature of Paul the Apostle, preaching in front of a great number of Jews and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15a
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th / 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • the codex escaped destruction because it reached Basel during the 16th century, before the abduction and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B28
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The "Counting of the Omer" is the ritual counting of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, the Feast
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 130
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, beginning and end of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Expositio in proverbiis Salomonis, an anonymous commentary on the Old Testament Proverbs of Solomon, and
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 234
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second quarter of the 9th century and first third of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • version that contains Cassiodorus’ remarks on grammar, rhetoric, dialectic, arithmetic, music, geometry and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B257
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1719
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Vienna, copied and decorated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen
    • This manuscript was written for Hertz ben Leib Darmstadt of Frankfurt am Main and contains pen drawings
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 15
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 11th century, around 1100
    Language
    Latin
    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
    • The initials with scroll ornamentation are rather small and often are not completed.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 167
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • A copy of Reichenau man of letters and Abbot Walahfrid Strabo's commentary on Psalms 1-76.
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 262(972)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th/10th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • of a so-called Collatio Alexandrini et Dindimi, a falsified letter from Seneca to the apostle Paul and