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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 154
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    11th century, 15th century, 11th century and 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • A precursor to the rediscovery of Statius during the Renaissance of the 12th century this manuscript
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 103
    Collection
    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This collection of 38 sermons and other works attributed to the early church father John Chrysostom (
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 120.I
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, ca. 1039 – ca. 1056
    Language
    Latin
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    • Aurelius Victor (b. c. 320, d. c. 390), Roman historian and politician
    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • This composite manuscript contains various texts in chronicle form, some of them rare, regarding worldly
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 570
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • In addition to some shorter texts with computistic-chronological, homiletic and liturgical content, the
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 610
    Collection
    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1452-1459
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Gall (Gallus, Otmar, Wiborada and Notker Balbulus) and of the apostles and early Christian saints and
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AA/3116
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1490
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • A comprehensive collection of the most important legal records and documents of Wettingen Abbey, written
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15e
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th century; supplements until 10th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Mainz and St. Gall (?)
    • A composite manuscript from Fulda with texts primarily on the topic of repentance and asceticism.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 102
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    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, around 1320
    Language
    French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • hagiographic compilation in French prose which recounts the lives of the apostles, martyrs, confessors and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 129
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, 12th century (middle?)
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • The satires were very popular in the Middle Ages and beyond, as even Jean-Jacques Rousseau borrowed some
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 263
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • A collection of assorted poetical works from the 8th and the early 9th centuries produced in the first
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 157(372)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th/9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • It is written by various hands in a minucule which in general is close to the Raetian minuscule.
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 45 Vol. 1
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    17th century, [1672]
    Language
    French
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    • This manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 45 Vol. 3
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    17th century, [1672]
    Language
    French
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    • This manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 45 Vol. 4
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    e-codices
    Library
    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    17th century, [1672]
    Language
    French
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    • This manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 172
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1490
    Language
    Italian
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    • Attributed to Hippocrates
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This late Renaissance Italian humanist manuscript contains excerpts of various works by Latin and Greek
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F II 18
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The manuscript contains numerous 13th century glosses and marginal notes, some of which, relating, among
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 192
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, last quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • This manuscript contains a collection of prayers and texts for contemplation. Some pages are torn.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S12
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The text is set between alternating straight and spiral marble columns.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 985
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1467
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • This manuscript from 1467, which first belonged to the convent of the Poor Clares at Freiburg in Breisgau
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 45 Vol. 2
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    17th century, [1672]
    Language
    French
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    • This manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822