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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 541
    Collection
    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1544
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • This large-format antiphonary from the Cloister of St.
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 4
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, around 820-830
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Abbey of St. Martin (France)
    • Latin Bible, designed as a pandect (i.e. in one volume), following the recension of Alcuin of York.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1008
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • along with several other codices (including 1003, 1005, 1007, 1009) in a false floor over the library of
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 150
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Manuscript of collected works (Collectanea) penned by and part of the personal collection of the wandering
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rh. 167
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, around 1260
    Language
    Latin
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    • Lake of Constance Region
    • Its miniatures are a product of the highest level of artistry of the High Gothic painting of this period
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 439
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, around 1555
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • The pontifical vesperal of St.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 20
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Giles, of Rome, Archbishop of Bourges, ca. 1243-1316
    • This manuscript of collected works consists of four originally independent parts: Part I contains the
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, P 34 4°
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    e-codices
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, end of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • This manuscript contains the Sententiae as well as an excerpt from the Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S I 145
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    e-codices
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1457
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • Bernard of Clairvaux
    • Martin of Braga
    • , which was produced in the Upper Rhine area in 1457, contains a remarkably independent translation of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 126
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, second half of the 8th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • A copy of the exegesis of the Gospel of Matthew by the Church Father Jerome († 420).
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    Sarnen. Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 10
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    e-codices
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    Sarnen. Benediktinerkollegium
    Date
    12th century, around 1175
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bernold of Constance
    • This manuscript was probably created in Engelberg Abbey around 1175, as the type of writing and a note
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AA/0428
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    14th century, around 1335
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Abbey of Königsfelden (Switzerland)
    • Copy of privileges, orders, seasonal contributions and records pertaining to the cloister holdings of
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, O II 29
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 2nd half of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Hincmar, Archbishop of Reims (0806-0882)
    • manuscript containing the only manuscript textual witnesses for several writings by archbishop Hincmar of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1760
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1770
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Summer portion of a large-format antiphonary in two volumes (winter portion in Cod.
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 298
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 1410 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
    • Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, ca. 390-ca. 463
    • it is possible that this is a direct copy from the model written by Poggio Bracciolini, the inventor of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 908
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 6th century, 7th century, 6th-7th centuries (lower script) / second half of the 8th century (upper script)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • "The king of palimpsests": parchment fragments from late antiquity that were erased and reused at a later
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 207
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, end of 8th / beginning of 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Julianus, Saint, Bp. of Toledo, d. 690
    • Benoît-sur-Loire), is one of the few and by far the richest representative of a style that evolved in
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 157
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, around 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • This manuscript, dated to about 1200, contains several texts, among them the Martyrology of Usuard (Benedictine
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 162
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, middle of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • The manuscript is significant as important testimony of French manuscript illumination of the 11th century
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1722
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1785
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • This collection of papers was compiled in 1785 by the custos of St. Gall Abbey, P.