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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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    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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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 5
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, about 1491
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • Although the Aesopian tradition enjoyed great popularity during the middle ages, thanks to the dissemination
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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
    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • mythology for those seeking to understand the world of the Romans.
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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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    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
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 115
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • This Greek manuscript was copied on paper and, thanks to an inscription, can be dated from 1561.
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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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    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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    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
    • Colorfully detailed initial capitals make this item important to the study of manuscript decoration.
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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
    • An exceptional testimony of the "Renaissance" that rediscovered Platonism, as opposed to the medieval
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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. 17
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 880-900
    Language
    Ancient Greek, Latin
    • The second half contains a Greek-Latin copy of Psalms 101 through 150, Canticles in addition to prayers
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 18
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, around 1000
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin, German, Ancient Greek
    • Collection of liturgical works, containing texts from the 9th to 12th centuries and an illustration of
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 360
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1564
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • Greek manuscripts in the library of Jean Hurant de Boistaillé (†1572), which he collected between 1561 and
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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
    • Two contiguous fragments from the same leaf, which used to be part of a luxury-lectionary of the New
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 459
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, second third of the 16th century and 1552 and second half of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek, French
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • The first dates back to the second half of the 16th century and was made by Jakobus Diassorinos (†1563
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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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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 92
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1460-1480
    Language
    Latin, German, French, Ancient Greek
    • Aegidius Romanus, decorated with a miniature in which the author (Aegidius Romanus) dedicates the book to