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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B57
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, between 1673 and 1683
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Upper Galilee), the mystical aspect of prayer, as “the vehicle of the soul's mystical ascent to God,” is
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 189
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1470
    Language
    French
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    • Tristan in Prose is a 13th century prose romance of which a multitude of copies were made over the course
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1758
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1612
    Language
    English
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    • An exceptional element is the crosses pattée: 'To the crosses hath bin discovered, what beyond is by
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 507
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw; ca. 1201-ca. 1225
    Language
    Latin
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    • Summary: Manuscript 507 is an intriguing collection of texts.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 78
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de-13de eeuw; 1197-1218
    Language
    Latin
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    • The text is provided with Glossa ordinaria.
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    Chur. Staatsarchiv Graubünden, A/N 308
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Chur. Staatsarchiv Graubünden
    Date
    16th century, 1544 (?)
    Language
    Romansch language
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    • It was probably written shortly after the original, and thus it is the oldest Romansh document preserved
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 513
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de-14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Summary: Manuscript 513 is a collection of commentaries on Aristotelian texts,
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 671(655)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1449
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • First there is one of three versions of the translation of the Vita S.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 77
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Among these is Guido Aretinus, a Tuscan monk of the 10th century who is regarded as the inventor of solmisation
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 19
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This psalter from the 12th century is part of a collection formerly owned by the library of the double
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 514
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de - 14de eeuw; ff. 1r-22r: 13de eeuw; ff. 23r-111r: 14de eeuw; ff. 112r-117v: 13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Summary: The overall theme of this codex is the soul: three of the four texts discuss
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 511
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Summary: Manuscript 511 is a copy of the commentary of the Augustinian philosopher
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1513
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1775
    Language
    Latin, Armenian
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    • It is a shortened copy of the two parts from the book Theasaurus linguæ Armenicæ (Արամեան լեզուին գանձ
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    Sarnen. Staatsarchiv Obwalden, Sig. A.02.CHR.0003
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sarnen. Staatsarchiv Obwalden
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 1470–1607
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • It is called the “White Book” because it was originally bound in a white pigskin cover.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1346
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    17th century, 1611 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Columbani in conventu ad Fratres (pp. 58–60 ; Columbanus’ authorship is doubtful), Epistula IV (pp. 60
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, DE 106
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    January 6, 1780
    Language
    French [fre]
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    • The letter is dated "le 6 Janvier 1780" at the bottom of the second page, and is written on board the
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    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais, S 95
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • the library of Walter Supersaxo (ca. 1402-1482), Bishop of Sion, and of his son Georg (ca. 1450-1529) is
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 223
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Summary: Manuscript 223 is the first volume in a two-volume set containing De sacramentis
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    Bremgarten. Stadtarchiv Bremgarten, Bücherarchiv Nr. 2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bremgarten. Stadtarchiv Bremgarten
    Date
    16th century, [1514-1532]
    Language
    German
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    • The Eidgenössische Chronik by Werner Schodoler (1490-1541) is the last of the illustrated Swiss chronicles
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A VIII 51
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • This late medieval book of devotion and prayer is named for its first owner, Margret Zschampi, Dominican