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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B104
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [second half of the 18th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • He was revered during his lifetime already and is considered the most important scholar among Lithuanian
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F VI 74
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1474
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • popular through the end of the 16th century; in addition, it contains a calendar, an astrological table and
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 352/1-2
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, around 1440
    Language
    German, Alemannic
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    • The Speculum humanae salvations is a work consisting of texts and illustrations of Biblical content.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, N I 5:G
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1460
    Language
    Latin
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    • in the Upper Rhine region (probably in Basel); they contain chants for the mass, changing according to
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    Appenzell. Landesarchiv Appenzell Innerrhoden, M.03.02/PfAA A 2.3
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    Appenzell. Landesarchiv Appenzell Innerrhoden
    Date
    15th century, 1466
    Language
    Latin
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    • The volume Sermones de tempore et de Sanctis contains sermons for Sundays and holidays which, according
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 340
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • The origin of this Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit attributed to Henry Suso (1295-1366), is unknown; perhaps
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 15
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 11th century, around 1100
    Language
    Latin
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    • copy of Augustine’s Enarrationes in psalmos 1–50, written in two columns, is listed in the supplements to
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S 458
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    e-codices
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1507
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • This German book of meditations and prayers for Dominican nuns was produced at the Inselkloster St.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 121
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • historical texts that were copied independently of one another: the Epitome of Roman History by Florus and
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 12
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • In addition to simple red initials, the manuscript also includes individual extremely artful initials
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B259
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • azar; a marriage contract, concluded in Parma in 1420 between Judah, son of Elhanan of Ascoli Piceno, and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B316
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Latin
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • comprises the Latin text of what is known as the Seven Penitential Psalms (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129 and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, M VI 48
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1st half of the 18th century (at the latest 1746)
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Collection of prayers in the form of litanies (awrād), attributed to a Šayḫ Wafāʾ.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 59
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German, Swabian
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    • All three show the influence of Alemannic dialect and all three were produced at the end of the 15th
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 124
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500
    Language
    Latin
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    • In the 15th century, the city of Tours and the Loire valley region were home to the court of the kings
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 117
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 1203
    Language
    Latin
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    • versification of the Bible by Petrus Riga, canon of Reims (ca. 1140-1209), with notes by Aegidius Parisiensis, and
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    St. Gallen. Stadtarchiv der Ortsbürgergemeinde, StadtASG, Altes Archiv, Bd. 677a
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    St. Gallen. Stadtarchiv der Ortsbürgergemeinde
    Date
    16th century, 1549
    Language
    German
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    • text, Vadian’s “Kleinere Chronik der Äbte” (1544-46) (VadSlg Ms. 44), came from Heinrich Bullinger and
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv, PA 261
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    e-codices
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    German
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    • The exact origin of this manuscript is unknown; the script and the language suggest that it was created
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K96
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1759
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The family emblems therefore have no relation to the bridal couple, Nathan Solomon, son of Jacob Samuel
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    Basel. Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt, Klosterarchiv, Kartaus L
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    Basel. Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1430-1520
    Language
    Latin
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    • the book of benefactors of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel, was written gradually between the 1430s and