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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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    • Engelberg (parts also from Stans?)
    • The first volume of a codicologically heterogeneous composite of fascicle groups and individual leaves
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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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    • Engelberg (parts also from Stans?)
    • now missing materials from the end, of a codicologically heterogeneous composite of fascicle groups and
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 2
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1197
    Language
    Latin
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • This codex contains over a hundred lives of the saints and acts of the martyrs, most of them accompanied
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 44
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, first half of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • sermons (one of which is the Homiliary of Angers, the other unidentified), several individual sermons and
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 37
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1178-1197
    Language
    Latin
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    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Both inscriptions also appear verbatim in the volumes that were written under Berchtold's predecessor
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 5
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • cataloged as D 126 at the Stiftsarchiv Engelberg, a five-line verse identifies the scribe as Richene, who also
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 102
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • The chants are written in two columns and are generously rubricated.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 67
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, 1197-1223
    Language
    Latin
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    • mundi, a collection of curiosities by the grammarian Julius Solinus from late antiquity; the texts are also
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 4
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • The codex’s structure and organization reflect the simple but elegant style of Frowin’s library.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 147
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, second half of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript contains the De sacramentis (also known as the De corpore et sanguine Domini) written
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 12
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • In addition to simple red initials, the manuscript also includes individual extremely artful initials
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 52
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, late 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • so-called 'Swabian Appendix' (Appendix svevica; two short collections 'On Churches' (De ecclesiis) and
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 21
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • This manuscript contains, along with three other volumes (Cod. 20, 22 and 23), Gregory the Great's interpretation
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 23
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Following Cod. 20, 21 and 22, this manuscript constitutes the final volume of the Engelberg series of
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1007
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • discovered in 1963 along with 9 other volumes during construction work in the monastery of Engelberg. 1v-2r and
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 22
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The individual chapters are introduced by initiales in red and brown-black ink; in comparison to the
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 48
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This Codex contains Jerome's exposition of the Gospels of Matthew (1v-103r) and Mark (103v-128v).
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 20
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The subsequent three volumes are in codices 21, 22 and 23.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 56
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Ivo, bishop of Chartres and reformer, first wrote this work after 1095, but it spread extremely fast
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 47
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    e-codices
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • contains the Venerable Bede's homilies on the Gospels, which are listed in a chapter-index on 2r-vv and