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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 1000
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    14th century, second half of the 14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This 6,5 meter long parchment scroll depicts the history of the world, from Adam and Eve up to Christ
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 44
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    16th century, around 1545-1547
    Language
    German
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    • Gall from its beginnings under Abbot Othmar around the year 720 up to the year 1532, that is, to the
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 45
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    16th century, around 1545-1547
    Language
    German
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    • of the “Oberbodensee” (pp. 201-227), that is, the villages and areas on the northern (from Bregenz to
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 312
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Old High German, Latin
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    • It is arranged in such a way as to leave lots of space for marginal glosses next to the poems.
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 292a
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    5th century, around 410/420
    Language
    Latin
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    • These particular leaves were attached to the spine and inner side of the cover for reinforcement, as
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 292
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    9th century, second quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • the second part contains a dedicatory illustration showing the scribe Eberhard presenting his book to
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 294
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    9th century, last quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 296
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • De arithmetica and De institutione musica Boethius transmitted Greek mathematics and music theory to
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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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    • This history Bible is traceable to Constance in the third quarter of the 15th century; some defects were
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 69
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, last quarter of the 15th century, before 1495
    Language
    Latin
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    • The account is preceded by a list of abbots from the founder Otmar up to Berchtold von Falkenstein (1244
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 298
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 1410 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • According to the judgment of Berthold Louis Ullman, it is "perhaps the best example of humanistic writing
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 295
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall; in the late middle ages it was moved to the chapel of Peter and Paul in Rotmonten near St.
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 321
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, 13th–14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Prepended to the cartulary itself is a history of the founding of the monastery: appended are a tribute
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 343d
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, middle of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • This history Bible is traceable to Constance in the third quarter of the 15th century; some defects were
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 427
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Despite the attractive illustration, the work was not very popular; only a few manuscripts are known to
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 352/1-2
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, around 1440
    Language
    German, Alemannic
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    • Latin text source has been translated into German verses, which earlier were erroneously attributed to