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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Cod. V1895
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1612-1630
    Language
    Ancient Greek, French, Latin, Hebrew, German
    • the pharmacist Emmanuel Ryhiner (1592-1635) from Basel provides insights into 17th century pharmacy and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 48
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, around 850
    Language
    Ancient Greek, Latin
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • The sole (fragmentary) known Carmen of the Gospel (Carmen de evangelio) by Pseudo-Hilarius is also bound
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 136
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of 14th - beginning of 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • Mantua and Florence
    • based on Aristotle, CB 136 was copied by the hand of the great Florentine humanist Leonardo Bruni, also
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 186
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek, Italian
    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 8
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, about 1541
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • Multiple treatises by Archimedes are brought together in Codex Bodmer 8, notably On the Sphere and Cylinder
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 64
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • Following Aeschylus (Seven Against Thebes) and Sophocles (Oedipus the King, Euripides sought to treat
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 106
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • The two pieces were later also used for numerous clumsy drawings, graffiti and arithmetic exercises.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A VII 3
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 9th century, 2-3/3
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
    • In addition to Greek and Latin Psalms, written somewhere in continental Europe by Irish monks during
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, AN I 8
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • Famous for the two portraits of Gregory of Nazianzus and Elias of Crete, as well as for a unique cycle
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 703
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century and last quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • They contain prayers and liturgical pieces, particularly from the Abbey of Saint Denis in France, including
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 102
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    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500-1510
    Language
    Latin, French, Ancient Greek
    • introduced realistic flower borders in the marginal decoration of Anne of Brittany’s Grandes Heures and
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 358(610)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Boethius (c. 476-c. 525), one of the earliest scholars of late antiquity and most influential of thinkers
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 45
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek, Latin
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Copy of the Old Testament books of Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets, produced in the 9th
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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
    • 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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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 104
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (around 1465-1475?)
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • decoration consists of numerous initials with bianchi girari (white vine scroll), with side borders and
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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
    • manuscript contains a great number of scholia, which partially complete those of older manuscripts and
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Gen. 1
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    e-codices
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 7th century, between 688 and 713
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
    • This manuscript from the island monastery of Iona (Hy) in Scotland contains the oldest and best surviving
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 402
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1480-1500
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • Sometime during the last 20 years of the 15th century, this manuscript was copied and annotated by the
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 299
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek, German
    • The manuscript also contains glossaries of technical terms (such as of the canons, of birds, fish, medicine
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. D 227
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    17th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
    • Greek translation of the Benedictine Rule and some additional devotional materials, made at the monastery