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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AG 2.38
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    15th century, 1454
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • In the 15th century, one of the most popular devotional works was the guide to Christian life by the
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 28
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, around 1420
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • This manuscript, a plenarium, was donated to Hermetschwil Abbey in 1430 by Götz Vasnacht, patron of Zufikon
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 57
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, 1451
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This manuscript contains a collection of classical descriptions of lives of monks in a High Alemannic
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A X 121
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic
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    • This obsequiale, written by Prior Jacob Lauber in his own hand, governs the Office of the Dead at the
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 121
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • This thin, small book (28 leaves) contains prayers relating to individual words of the Ave Maria.
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    Sarnen. Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. chart. 518
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    e-codices
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    Sarnen. Benediktinerkollegium
    Date
    15th century, 1478
    Language
    German, Alemannic
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    • Southwestern region of German
    • This Officium parvum BMV was written by Johannes Höfflin and is dated to June 9, 1478.
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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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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 197
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of the 14th century / beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • This book, from the time around 1400, contains prayers and treatises for personal prayer.
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 210
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, 1493, 1475, 1490 (?)
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin
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    • Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141
    • This collection of prayers and treatises was written by Rudolf Schilling and is dated to 1493.
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S 451
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, second quarter of the 14th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • Dominican Convent, region of Zurich
    • The Solothurn Legendary is the earliest example of a collection of legends in the German language.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 983
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1464
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • Lower hermitage of St. Leonhard (Switzerland) (?)
    • At the time this work, Die 24 Alten, which was completed in 1386, was written, the Franciscan Otto von
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 5
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1431-1437
    Language
    German, Alemannic
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    • to edition IIa of the text (following Vollmer).
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S II 43
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1460
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • The Solothurn history Bible (“Historienbibel”) was created in 1460 in the workshop of Diebold Lauber
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 343c
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, middle of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • format history Bible (“Historienbibel”) is illustrated throughout in an artistic style characteristic of
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 343d
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, middle of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • format history Bible (“Historienbibel”) is illustrated throughout in an artistic style characteristic of
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    Zofingen. Stadtbibliothek, Pa 31
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    e-codices
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    Zofingen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1420s (?)
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • This manuscript of the 'chess book', an allegorical treatment of the social order based on the game of
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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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    • With his brief "Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit,” the Dominican Henry Suso (1295-1366) created a work that
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsMurF 31a
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    e-codices
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, middle of the 13th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • The Osterspiel von Muri (Easter Play of Muri) is the oldest known rhyming dramatic piece in German.
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    Frauenfeld. Katholisches Pfarrarchiv Frauenfeld, KPfAF III Bg 3
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    Frauenfeld. Katholisches Pfarrarchiv Frauenfeld
    Date
    13th century, around 1250
    Language
    German, Alemannic
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    • Around 1220 Konrad Fleck translated the romantic novel "Flore et Blancheflor", written in 1160 by an
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 196
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    16th century, second half of the 16th century, 1517
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • This manuscript consists of two originally separate parts: The first part contains various prayers; the