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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 102
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Codex 102 is a twelfth century hymnbook with neumes.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 90
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • towards the end have many large holes and tears or are partially excised; one folio, between 10 and 11r, is
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 138
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • At the beginning of the Liber de poenitentia, on 73r, there is a smaller, but just as artistic initial
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 43
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1197
    Language
    Latin
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    • The very carefully produced codex, which has only a leather binding, is decorated with artistic initials
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 153
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 2nd half of the 14th century
    Language
    German, Alemannic
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    • This manuscript is part of the collection of the women’s cloister of St.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 155
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, Second half of the 14th century
    Language
    German
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    • An exception is the first prayer, analyzed and edited by J.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 12
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • The portrayal of Christ as grape-treader on 101r is particularly noteworthy; like several other sections
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 154
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • prologue and of both books, and the occasional red-ink accentuated capitals and text-beginnings, there is
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 49
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • As is typical for the volumes from Frowin's library, the text is rendered throughout in black-brown ink
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 67
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, 1197-1223
    Language
    Latin
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    • The text is written in a uniform script and is decorated with titles and initials, some of which are
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 4
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • On 1v, the codex is dedicated in verse by Abbot Frowin (1143-1178) to Mary, the patron saint of the monastery
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 2
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1197
    Language
    Latin
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    • Aside from a few decorated initials, also red, there is no book decoration.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 141
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Middle High German, German, Latin
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    • This is both the oldest copy of this particular text and the oldest surviving copy of a work by Suso.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 142
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 2nd half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This is a witness of the so-called Basilius-version of the commentary on the Benedictine Rule, attributed
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 340
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • The origin of this Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit attributed to Henry Suso (1295-1366), is unknown; perhaps
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 46
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • This as-yet unedited work is regarded as an important contribution from the perspective of monastic theology
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 20
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • On the back, the actual recto side, is a Leonine verse couplet of dedication to Frowin.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 44
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, first half of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The manuscript contains two collections of sermons (one of which is the Homiliary of Angers, the other
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 17
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1197
    Language
    Latin
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    • The last folio is cut out; it may have had dedicatory verse on it, as was the practice for the Engelberg
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 52
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, late 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Engelberg 52 is a late eleventh-century handbook of canon law from the circle of Bernold of Constance