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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 70/1
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1457-1482
    Language
    French
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    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • Between 1416 and 1422, Jean de Courcy wrote a chronicle titled La Bouquechardière, named after his fief
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 877
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Gallen scriptorum, dating from around 800 and containing numerous grammatical treatises.
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 427
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • The cosmology of the Lyon physician and astrologer Louis de Lange treats the formation of the world and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B317
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1739
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Altona, copied and decorated by Joseph ben David of Leipnik
    • this exemplar is largely dependent on the copper engravings of the printed Amsterdam Haggadot of 1695 and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 265
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, after 850
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • In addition to copies of writings by the Venerable Bede and Pseudo-Hippocrates, Letter to Antioch, this
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 287
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Anselm of Canterbury, c 1033-1109, Saint, Abbot of Bec and Archbishop of Canterbury
    • Canterbury’s main work, Cur deus homo, including the Praefatio (p. 3), table of contents (pp. 3–5) and
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 13
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    e-codices
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1786
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • In this magnificently illustrated manuscript of unusual content, the Italian architect and town planner
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 129
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, beginning of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • A copy of the exegesis of the Letters of Paul to the Ephesians, Titus, and Philemon by the Church Father
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 675
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • 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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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 61
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, around 1300
    Language
    Latin
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 49
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Includes a small number of Latin and Old High German glosses; on the last page are pen tests.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B262
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
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    • [Central or Northern Europe], copied and decorated by Nathan ben Simson of Mezeritsch
    • [Central or Northern Europe], copied and decorated by Nathan ben Simson of Mezeritsch
    • This Passover Haggadah with a Yiddish translation of the hymn Had Gadya (f. 23r) was copied and illustrated
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B285
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1796
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The Hijman Binger Haggadah is a typical example of Hebrew manuscript decoration in Central and Northern
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 614
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 9th-12th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Additional longer texts, written down between the 9th and 13th centuries contain sermons by the early
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F IX 2
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This 15th century composite manuscript was produced in Italy and contains humanist occasional poems and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 41
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, third quarter of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • archbishop of Rouen (1130-1164), is the author of the two theological treatises, Sur la foi catholique and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A IX 22
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, beginning of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • This manuscript from the beginning of the 13th century is of unknown origin; it contains monastic and
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 24
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster
    Date
    14th century, 1383
    Language
    Latin
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    • and Fribourg (Switzerland)
    • ), who in 1393 had a professional scribe copy these sermons (f. 134r-v, regarding the cost f. 153r) and
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 20
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, last third of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The first part contains Aristotelian and pseudo-Aristotelian works in Latin translation.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 108
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th-9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • sancti Effrem prope fine mundi, here rendered as Sermo sancti Ysidori, ascribed to Isidor of Seville, and