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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 658
    Collection
    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1465
    Language
    Middle High German, German, Alemannic
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • German translation of a history of the First Crusade (1095/96-1099; Historia Hierosolymitana), composed
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1919
    Collection
    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century (before 1498)
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • Dominican Convent of St. Katharina (Switzerland)
    • A collection of religious writings from the Dominican cloister of St. Katherina in St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 845
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, 10th - 11th century
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • A copy of a commentary on the first four books of the work De consolatione philosophiae by Boethius (
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1066
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, probably 1484
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • David of Augsburg OFM
    • Dominican Convent of St. Katharina (Switzerland)
    • This manuscript, which originated probably in 1484 in the Convent of the Dominican Sisters of St.
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 214(241)
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, [14]52/[14]54/[14]55
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic, German
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • John Chrysostom, c 347-407, Saint, Archbishop of Constantinople
    • Bernard of Clairvaux
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 214
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • Birgitta of Sweden
    • This prayer book from the third quarter of the 15th century contains prayers and treatises.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 965
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1430/36 (parts by Kölner); 15th century (other parts)
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • Community of Benedictine nuns (Switzerland)
    • of the sisters of St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 590
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1522
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • The oldest German language version of the life history of St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 602
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1451-1460
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Legendary of St. Gall: contains, among other items, the German lives of the St.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, E III 14
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, first half of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • John of Hildesheim OCarm
    • Southwestern region of German
    • This manuscript was the property of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel; in a German translation, it transmits
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A IX 23
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • probably the Dominican Monastery of Basel
    • This manuscript from the library of the lay brothers of the Carthusian monastery in Basel consists of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 550
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic, German
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • A manuscript compilation from the second half of the 9th century, produced in the south German region
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A XI 61
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • This German devotional book was written by a single hand; it is from the library of the lay brothers
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A I 20
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1445
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic
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    • John Chrysostom, c 347-407, Saint, Archbishop of Constantinople
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Giles, of Rome, Archbishop of Bourges, ca. 1243-1316
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 603
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1493 / second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • Dominican Convent of St. Katharina (Switzerland)
    • This German-language manuscript is made up of five fascicles and contains a treatise on the Passion of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 136
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, middle of the 9th century
    Language
    Old Irish, Alemannic, German, Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • This copy of assorted works by Prudentius (348- after 405) is significant to textual history (it includes
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 58
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, first quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • John of Hildesheim OCarm
    • This manuscript contains the Historia trium regum by John of Hildesheim in a High Alemannic translation
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S 386
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    e-codices
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1463-1466
    Language
    Alemannic, Romansch language, German
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    • Petrus Hispanus (b. c. 1220, d. c. 1277), philosopher and later Pope John XXI(?)
    • Bernard of Montpellier
    • TThis southern german manuscript is a collection of medical texts that include, in addition to the Artzneibuch
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 211
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    16th century, beginning of the 16th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • Bernard of Clairvaux
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A III 26
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, Middle of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • German translation of the postil on the Psalms by Nicholas of Lyra (deceased 1349), probably created