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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 501
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, 1559
    Language
    Persian
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    • written in Persian, contains a selection of the “One Hundred Sayings by Ali,” a collection of sayings and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B X 11
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, around 1400
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • The first is decorated with three initials (1r, 53r, 58r) and contains the Stimulus dilectionis by Eckbert
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B49
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    16th century, 15th century, [ca. 1500]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • generally known as Nussah Roma, is the oldest order of prayer outside the ancient lands of Israel and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 565
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 10th / 11th-13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • manuscript collection containing the lives of numerous saints, especially the Benedictine saints, written and
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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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    • Johannes Berwenstein for Peter Zum Luft, who was teaching at the university of the Council of Basel and
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Mss.h.h.XV.54
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, just before 1331
    Language
    Latin
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    • This fragment from Königsfelden Monastery consists of only 12 leaves (= 1 quire) and contains a complete
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 131(1063)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, 10th century, 11th century, 10th/11th century / 12th/13th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This composite manuscript contains among others the De viris illustribus by Jerome and the De viris illustribus
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1759
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, around 1770
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall monk Martin ab Yberg (1741−1777) and richly illustrated with small watercolor paintings surrounded
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 70
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, after the middle of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Gall from the early and high Middle Ages, and about 50 lives of saints in texts of various lengths, among
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Mss.h.h.I.1
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1478-1483
    Language
    German
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    • About ten years later, Diebold Schilling was able to present the city council with this three-volume
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 560
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1072-1076
    Language
    Latin
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Gallen saints Gallus, Otmar and Wiborada, written by Walahfrid Strabo (Gallus and Otmar) and Herimannus
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis, AVL 555
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    e-codices
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • indicate that this missal was meant for use in the Diocese of Lausanne, whereas the later entries attest to
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 438
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century (1463–1491?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • in biblical order, as well as several liturgical rubrics, antiphons (partly only with the Initium), and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B274
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 1288
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This is the earliest known manuscript of Moses of Coucy's classic legal code and also the earliest dated
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 10
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    e-codices
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, between 1463 and 1498
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The ceremonies are represented as full page miniatures with ornamental initials, marginal decorations and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 177
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, beginning of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • by Gariopontus, who flourished in the mid-11th century in Salerno, systematically assembled in head-to-foot
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 32
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • The Cistercian Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) wrote between 1135 and 1153 the 86 sermons on the
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 176
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • the 11th century this text was carefully studied by the monk Ekkehart IV, who added numerous remarks and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 456
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, 10th/11th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall monk Notker Balbulus (d. 912), a work written in about 900 and following.
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. R 79
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    18th century, 1777-1778
    Language
    French
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    • Ink and pencil.