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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AA/0429
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, begun around 1417, with additions until 1530
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Arranged by type (for the privileges) and otherwise by geographical units.
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Cod. H87
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel
    Date
    18th century
    Language
    German
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    • copy of Burkart von Hallwyl's (1535-1598) pharmacopoeia is a collection of medications and recipes for
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B133
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1615
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The Tefillah le-Moshe (Moses' Prayers) contains kavvanot for weekdays and the Shabbat.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S54
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [ca. 1740]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The choice of this type of dress is intriguing, and perhaps the most cogent reason for this combination
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 166(413)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 12th century (1143-1197)
    Language
    Latin
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    • It was produced in Engelberg as a commission for Abbot Frowin (1143-1178), a fact indicated by the dedicatory
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 111
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    e-codices
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau
    Date
    17th century, 1638
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Murer’s model for the Helvetia Sancta most likely was the Bavaria Sancta by Matthäus Rader, published
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 117
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    e-codices
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau
    Date
    17th century, between 1614 and 1638
    Language
    German
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    • Peterskirche and both the Tigurinerchronik and the Schweizer Chronik of Johannes Stumpf as sources for
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 31
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
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    • This single-column copy of five texts by Augustine is undecorated except for an initial with scroll ornamentation
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 110
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    e-codices
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau
    Date
    17th century, between 1614 and 1638
    Language
    German
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    • For this work Murer used the Swiss Chronicle of Johann Stumpf and probably the "Swabian Chronicle" by
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, C I 21
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1439
    Language
    Latin
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    • This volume was written in 1439 by Johannes Berwenstein for Peter Zum Luft, who was teaching at the university
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, M I 18
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    7th century, 619 to 629 AD
    Language
    Middle Persan
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    • cities along the Nile (among them Elephantine, Herakleion, Oxyrhynchus) that had to supply soldiers for
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 58
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • At the end of the manuscript is an assortment of formulas for medical preparations.
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 52
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • This voluminous paper manuscript contains the sermons de tempore and de sanctis for the summer part,
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettFm 3
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1330-1335
    Language
    Latin
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    • The third volume of the three-part so-called "Wettinger Graduale", made in Cologne for a cloister of
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    French, Latin
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    • This book of hours in the Parisian fashion is richly illuminated and was made for the diocese of Nantes
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S 378
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    e-codices
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1470/1471
    Language
    Latin
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    • This illustrated breviary for the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine was produced in 1470/1471 in Lombardy
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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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    • Breviary for use in the diocese of Lausanne.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 3
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    13th century, mid-13th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Furthermore, this bible was also used as one of the 615 biblical manuscripts collated for Benjamin Kennicott
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 904
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 851
    Language
    Old Irish, Latin
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    • The basis for the reconstruction of the Old Irish language.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1344
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, early 16th century (?)
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Johannes may have been a monk from Tennenbach, the Cistercian monastery which had responsibility for