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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 155
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, middle of the 14th century
    Language
    Bavarian, German
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    • southern Germany contains 68 poems in rhyming couplets by the Stricker, followed by the parable "Barlaam and
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 22737
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
    Date
    16th century, around 1560
    Language
    German
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    • dynastic cycle of pictures is the Ehrenspiegel des Hauses Österreich, which was commissioned between 1555 and
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 206(49)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (about 1430-1450)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The work itself exists in over 200 manuscript copies and numerous print editions.
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 389
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, about 1290-about 1300
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • It contains 524 trouvère songs by anonymous as well as by named authors and includes various genres,&
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Mss.h.h.I.16
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1484/85
    Language
    German
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    • The Spiezer Chronik by chronicler Diebold Schilling, named after its longtime home city of Spiez, is also
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 452
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1542/43
    Language
    German
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    • Gall Prince-Abbot Diethelm Blarer (1530−1564; cf. his coat of arms on p. 5 and p. 8 as well as p. 268
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 384
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, 15th century, 13th–15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Breviary consisting of several parts: 1) Capitula and orationes for the period from the first of Advent
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 145
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1486
    Language
    Latin
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • The manuscript was written in Erfurt in the summer of 1486 and has as its topic the refutation of three
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 176
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1380-1389
    Language
    French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Between the end of the 13th century and the first quarter of the 14th century, the anonymous author translated
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 8
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, middle of the 14th century - beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Sahl ibn Bishr, 787-886, also known as Zahel
    • Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, 740-815, also known as Messahala
    • Abū Ma'shar, c 787-c 886, astrologer, astronomer; also known as Albumasar
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 8
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    e-codices
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, about 1577-1591
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • “libro di ricordanze” belonged to the Grand Duke of Tuscany; it is probably comprised of the notes (and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1719
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    17th century, 1699
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall monk and custos Gregor Schnyder (1642−1708) compiled and wrote the text, mostly in chronological
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 57
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, 1451
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 45
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    16th century, around 1545-1547
    Language
    German
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    • Eastern Switzerland (pp. 1-3) as well as of the “Oberbodensee” (pp. 201-227), that is, the villages and
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 43
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    16th century, 1529/1530 until 1523
    Language
    German
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    • Gall humanist, reformer, and politician Joachim Vadian wrote a history of the abbey and city of St.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 90
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • -Augustine 1r-6v and Peter Damian 6v-10r), and after it comes a collection of opinions of and excerpts
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1413
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1798
    Language
    German
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    • This volume, initiated and probably for the most part written by Abbey Librarian Johann Nepomuk Hauntinger
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    St. Petersburg. National Library of Russia, Lat.F.papyr. I.1
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    e-codices
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    St. Petersburg. National Library of Russia
    Date
    7th century, 8th century, 7th / 8th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This single sheet was originally part of a volume of at least 30 quires, containing homilies and letters
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 615
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, 12th-13th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • (ca. 980 – ca. 1060), as well as copies of the Casus sancti Galli by the monk Ratpert and the principal
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1908
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • The text is defective in the beginning and at the end.