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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 1
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    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, about 1500-1520
    Language
    Bavarian, German
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    • A collection of German prayers, most likely copied for a lay patron ca. 1500-1520.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 827
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1425/28
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • winds, sketches of the ecliptics of the sun and moon, planets and constellations, a diagrammatic guide for
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1902
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Psalter/Breviary for a Dominican women’s convent.
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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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    • This manuscript contains a collection of prayers and texts for contemplation. Some pages are torn.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 335
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, between 1378 and 1386
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • copies of sermons in German, assembled near the end of the 14th century or early in the 15th century for
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 7
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    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    16th century, 1562-1669
    Language
    German, Romansch language
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    • Its significance is not well documented; perhaps originally it served as a basis for financing the communities
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 150
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • The writer is Heinrich Schlosser, parish priest at Zufikon, who wrote it for nearby Hermetschwil Abbey
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 957
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1469
    Language
    German
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    • The text was printed for the first time in 1476.
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 169
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, 1456
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Jakok Strub from Aarau, deceased in 1506, wrote this volume in 1456 for his relation Agnes Trüllerey,
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 336
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, between 1378 and 1386
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • copies of sermons in German, assembled near the end of the 14th century or early in the 15th century for
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    Müstair. Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Johann, I Nr. 46
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    e-codices
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    Müstair. Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Johann
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 1491-1505
    Language
    German
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    • This small work contains suggestions for receiving Holy Communion with devotion.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 955
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 15th century, more likely the first half
    Language
    German
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    • Gall in 1699, probably from the Convent of Poor Clares in Freiburg im Breisgau (like, for example, Cod
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 139
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, last quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • It contains parts of prayers related to the Liturgy of the Hours for the daily routine of clerics.
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Cod. H98
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel
    Date
    16th century, 1571
    Language
    German
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    • Sentences and entire parts of instructions for medications are crossed out.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1344
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, early 16th century (?)
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Johannes may have been a monk from Tennenbach, the Cistercian monastery which had responsibility for
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 931
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1st half of the 15th century (after 1430)
    Language
    German
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    • ) the so-called Waldregel, an Early Modern High German translation of the Regula solitariorum (rule for
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AA/0465
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    15th century, 1451-1457, additions from 1458
    Language
    German
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    • A booklet was set up for each year between 1451 and 1457, set up by the stewards of the Convent of the
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsarchiv (Abtei Pfäfers), Cod. Fab. 2
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsarchiv (Abtei Pfäfers)
    Date
    15th century, 11th century, 14th century, 1080-1090 / around 1400 / last quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • The free space left between the readings was used in the 14th century for the recording of "Weistümern
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    Müstair. Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Johann, XVIII Nr. 12
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    Müstair. Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Johann
    Date
    15th century, 1460
    Language
    German
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    • Maria, for sacristan Anna Planta (abbess 1464-1477).
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 46
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    16th century, 15th century, 1546
    Language
    German
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    • These are argumentation aids for disputes with proponents of monasteries and convents.