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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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    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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    • Linguistic analyses lead to the conclusion that the work originated in the middle or western region of
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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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    • This piece, a form of guide to the Christian life, was widely used in women's convents for reading aloud
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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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    • Gallen Saints Gallus, Magnus, Otmar and Wiborada, illustrated with 142 vivid images.
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 191
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, 1466, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • This manuscript, in which two scribes identify themselves (Konrad Wa, administrator from Bremgarten, and
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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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    • the Three Magi by John of Hildesheim, the legends of the Desert Fathers known as the “Vitaspatrum“ and
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 207
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    e-codices
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    16th century, 1505
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin
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    • Earlier it was the property of Peter Affeldranngel and Elsbet Lötter from Zug.
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 208
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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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    • dialect, contains among other items the Hundred Meditations (“Hundert Betrachtungen”) by Henry Suso and
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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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    • The inserted prayers (among them the Lord's Prayer in Latin and in German) as well as the chants with
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 19
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    e-codices
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau
    Date
    15th century, around 1450
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • (“Historienbibel”) was completed in about 1450 in the atelier of Diebold Lauber at Hagenau (Alsace) and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B VIII 27
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, around 1300
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • The “Martina” survives only in this manuscript and is considered the oldest sacred poetry of the Teutonic
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 83
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, last third of the 14th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • This work by Veldeke is the first courtly romance written in Middle High German and is an adaptation
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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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    • The manuscript contains a multitide of Latin and Old High German glosses, of which the Old High German
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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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    • It was meant as a devotional book for the lay brothers and contains various basic texts in German translation
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, Cod.N.175
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    e-codices
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1516/1517
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • The first part of this manuscript contains works by and about the mystic Elisabeth von Schönau (d. 1164