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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1902
    Collection
    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Diocese of Constance (?)
    • On pp. 1-12 it contains a calendar of saints with many female saints and several rare saints.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 926
    Collection
    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • An important copy, in manuscript historical terms, of the Rule of St.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 367
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, beginning of the 16th century, after 1511
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • area of Lyon
    • Philibert de Viry’s manuscript is one of the rare Books of Hours for use in the Diocese of Geneva to
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. gr. 44
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
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    • Stampoul (Istanbul), Church of Saint Nikoghayos
    • of older manuscripts and which testify to the environment during production and to the habits of the
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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, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
    • This quaestio disputata by the Augustinian Johannes of Paltz (around 1445-1511) is a perfect illustration
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 184
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century, around 1482-1485
    Language
    Ancient Greek
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • A luxurious copy of the Life of Aesop, part historical and part legendary, that was compiled around 1300
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B125
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [around 1470]
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript contains the seven chapters of the aphorisms of Hippocrates in the Hebrew translation
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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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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 51
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster
    Date
    14th century, 1364
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Strassburg / Rottweil on the Neckar (Wurttemberg)
    • After the first part of the collection containing the commentary by Gregory of Rimini OESA was lost,
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 36
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paulinus of Aquileia, c 750-802, Saint, Patriarch of Aquileia
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 25
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, 13th-14th century
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    • John of Seville, fl 1133-1142
    • Gerard of Cremona
    • This composite manuscript of content related to astronomy consists of three independently created parts
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, AF A2, Vol. 2
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • In the late Middle Ages, probably towards the end of the 15th century, the manuscript was carefully restored
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 145
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • A copy of the exegesis of the Gospel of Matthew by the church father Jerome († 420) and his tract De
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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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    • Hildebert of Lavardin, c 1056-1133/4, Bishop of Le Mans, Archbishop of Tours
    • Peter Riga, c 1140-1209, Canon of Reims Cathedral
    • This codex contains on 2r-241r the Aurora, a versification of the Bible by Petrus Riga, canon of Reims
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 89
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 12th century, 9th century; 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bernard of Clairvaux
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, ca. 390-ca. 463
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, Msc. 44. fol.
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    e-codices
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, July 6, 1460 – May 6, 1462
    Language
    Latin
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • Contains the commentaries of French Franciscan Nicholas of Lira (ca. 1270/1275-1349) on the Old Testament
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A V 26
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Raymond, of Peñafort, Saint, 1175?-1275
    • Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint
    • This codex from the holdings of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel contains as a first part a treatise
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    Mariastein. Benediktinerkloster, ehem. zbs S I 177
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    e-codices
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    Mariastein. Benediktinerkloster
    Date
    15th century, 15th century. (I: after midcentury; II: 1465/66)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Lawrence of Aquileia
    • This composite manuscript from the middle of the 15th century is from the Augustinian hermitage in Basel
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 124
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1359
    Language
    Middle High German, German, Latin
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • The oldest surviving collection of German sermons by the Strasbourg Dominican and mystic Johannes Tauler
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 451
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th/10th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • A martyrology by the Venerable Bede († 735) in Anglo-Saxon script, produced in the 9th century.