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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B345
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 1355
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Various annotations and citations indicate that important Ashkenazic rabbis hat access to the manuscript
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsBN 49
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of the 14th century / first half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • The manuscript is decorated with several red and blue initials.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 1/1
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1400-1450, additional pages XVI-XVII
    Language
    French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • It is presented in the form of biblical stories and combines the Vulgata of Jerome with the Historia
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, M III 5
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    17th century, 17th century (before 1682)
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • The manuscript was written in the 17th century on paper of European provenance and came to the university
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 484
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 1468
    Language
    German
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The paper is of Italian manufacture; the Lombard initials, the binding stamp and what remains of the
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 216
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, around 800
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • 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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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 9
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, beginning of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The second portion, also a prose text, is missing.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 76
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • prologues, the pages are laid out in three columns: the middle column contains the biblical text, the left and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 80
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, 13th century, 10th, 11th, 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • The first part (f. 1r-20v) contains the oldest version of Gunzo’s Epistola ad Augienses and can be dated
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A III 52
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, last quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    German
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    • Ludwig Moser: “Goldenes Ave Maria“ (text and adaptation)
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 54
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1420
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript dates from about 1420 and contains the "Conspiracy of Catilin " and the "Jugurthine War
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15f
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, first half of the 8th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • England and Netherlands
    • the codex escaped destruction because it reached Basel during the 16th century, before the abduction and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 183
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, last quarter of the 12th century
    Language
    French
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    • England and Netherlands
    • alexandrine verse (en laisses d’alexandrins) was composed in the 12th century by an author of the continent and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 682
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • attributed to the early Church father Augustine), a copy of the books of penance attributed to Bede and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 1/2
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, ca. 1400-1450, additional pages XVI-XVII
    Language
    French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • It is presented in the form of biblical stories and combines the Vulgata of Jerome with the Historia
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 134
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 10th century, 13th century, 10th century and 13th century and 11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • In front, an incomplete copy of the works Cathemerinon (up to Book X) and Peristephanon (Books I and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 756
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, first half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Composite manuscript in Latin and German.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1006
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1516–1526
    Language
    German
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    • Gall Conventual Hans Conrad Haller (1486–1525), who was calligrapher, priest and, from 1523 until 1525
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 571
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 12th century, 9th century, 9th century / 11th/12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Manuscript compilation from the second half of the 9th century, predominated by lives of the early Christian and
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    Wil. Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina, M 32
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    e-codices
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    Wil. Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina
    Date
    16th century, 1543
    Language
    German
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    • Katharina on May 2, 1528 and the convent gradually broke up, only Regula Keller and two sisters remained