| Country | Location, Library | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Überlingen, Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek | 1 |
| Austria | St. Paul in Kärnten, Stiftsbibliothek St. Paul im Lavanttal | 1 |
| Country | Location, Library | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| France | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France | 1 |
| United States of America | Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art | 1 |
| Russia | St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia | 1 |
Number of manuscripts: 101, displayed: 41 – 60
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 81
Parchment · III + 34 + III ff. · 27.5 x 19.5 cm · Cologne · 15th century
This Hebrew manuscript from the 15th century combines liturgical texts and commentaries on the rites that provide the temporal foundation for the observation of Passover. The Passah-Haggadah, adorned with miniatures and rich illustrations, contains the complete liturgical version of the Exodus story. The first part of the manuscript contains the text of the Italian rite, the second part that of the Ashkenazi. This manuscript was written and illuminated by Joël ben Siméon, who signed his work with a Kolophon (f. 34r): I am Joel ben Simeon, called Veibusch Ashkenazi – blessed be his memory – and I am from Cologne, which is on the banks of the Rhine.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 83
Paper · 62 ff. · 30 x 20 cm · Hesse · last third of the 14th century
This 14th century codex is one of seven surviving manuscripts that preserve in its entirety the "Eneasroman" (Romance of Aeneas) by Heinrich von Veldeke, one of the most important pioneers of Middle High German poetry. This work by Veldeke is the first courtly romance written in Middle High German and is an adaptation of the Old French "Roman d'Eneas", originally written in about 1160.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 84
Parchment · 12 + 51 ff. · 22.3 x 17.2 cm · Fulda · 9th century (first half)
This Carolingian manuscript from the period before 850 comes from the Cloister of Fulda. It contains the sole extant copy of the Latin version of a text falsely attributed to Hippocrates: "De victus ratione", which sets forth the foundations of dietetics and emphasizes the antagonism between the elements of fire and water within the body. Numerous scholars and physicians have relied on this text throughout history.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 85
Parchment and paper · (3) + 206 + (3) pp. · 26,5 x 21 cm · southern Italy, Terra d’Otranto · 13th century
CB 85, a manuscript of the Iliad on paper, was copied during the 13th century in Terra d'Otranto, a famous center of Greek culture in southern Italy. The text by Homer is accompanied by interlinear and marginal scholii and commentaries by the Byzantine scholar John Tzetzes.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 86
Paper · 13 ff. · 30.2 x 20.5 cm · Italy, possibly Naples · 14th century
The Ilias Latina, copied on paper during the 14th century, is a Latin adaptation of the great epic by Homer, one of the foundational texts of ancient Greece. It was written in Gothic quasi-cursive script by a single scribe in the region of Naples in Italy. One should take note of some of the decorated initials, some of which incorporate figures, especially that of a muse, clad in a dress covered with stars and holding a sword in her hand.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 87
Paper · I + 22 ff. + 7 ff. · 21.6 x 14.5 cm · Arezzo · 1469
The Ilias latina was frequently copied during the entire occidental middle ages, which enjoyed access to material about the Trojans via Latin adaptations. Today these manuscripts number about one hundred. The date and location of Codex Bodmer 87 can be ascertained with the help of the inscription: "Aretii die 15 Iuli 1469" (Arezzo, July 15, 1469, fol. 22). The humanistic script, a somewhat angular cursive, is the hand of a single scribe.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 88
Parchment · 72 ff. · 25.3 x 19.5 cm · France (?) · late 10th century / early 11th century
Manuscript CB 88, which combines the Odes, the Epodes, and the Carmen saeculare, a piece interpreted by children's choirs of the Roman nobility during secular performances, is an unusual example of a Horace manuscript from the turn of the 10th to the 11th century. Its many marginal and interlinear glosses, which frequently consist of scholii by Pseudo-Acro, explain the verses and praise their metrical accuracy and verbal virtuosity. The alphabetical tables and the title were added in the 14th century at the end of the volume.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 89
Parchment · 79 + 1 ff. · 21.2 x 12.5 cm · France · 12th century
The countless marginal and interlinear glosses in CB 89 are evidence of the rediscovery of the works of Horace during the 12th century. This copy was produced in France.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 90
Parchment · 222 ff. · 15.5 x 10.2 cm · Italy · 15th century
Many scribes contributed to the copies of the works of Horace, Virgil, Persius and Statius that have been brought together in CB 90. These humanistic re-copyings made in the 15th century demonstrate the reception of Latin authors in Renaissance Italy. Two leaves at the end of the manuscript are palimpsests: a letter from Ovid's Heroides (from Sappho to Phaon) and an extract from the Epigrams of Martial have been were written over the text of the biblical book of Tobit.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 91
Paper · 389 ff. · 29.2 x 20.0 cm · South Tyrol (Carthusian Monastery of Allerengelberg?) · 1468
This manuscript from the southern Tyrol was produced by two scribes in the year 1468 and bound as one volume during the same period. It brings together the didactic work "Der Renner" (The Runner or Courier) by Hugo von Trimberg and the "Alexanderroman" (Romance of Alexander) following a compilation by Johann Hartlieb. The codex contains 91 pen sketches. Instructions for the execution of these sketches can be found in the lower margins of the pages on which they appear.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 92
Parchment · III + 124 ff. + f. [125-126] ff. · 31.6 x 19.3 cm · Paris (?) · end of the 13th century
The first three books of the principal work of the Bishop of Seville, the Etymologiae, written at the beginning of the 7th century, provide the earliest medieval instance of division of scholarly study into the trivium (grammar, rhetoric and dialectic) and the quadrivium (mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy). Relying heavily on the--often unreliable--etymologies of the words, Isidore collected in his work the whole of ancient knowledge, in order to prevent it from being forgotten. This manuscript was produced about the end of the 13th century, possibly in the area of the University at Paris and is a witness to the enormous success of this extensive encyclopedia.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 93
Parchment · 59 ff. · 23.2 x 16.2 cm · France · end of the 14th century
This parchment manuscript from the time around 1400 contains a work by the Dominican sermonist Jacques de Cessoles, using the game of chess as the allegorical basis for a lesson in morals. The same theme is carried out in 16 accompanying illustrations as well.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 94
Parchment · 116 ff. · 13.8 x 10.2 cm · Italy · 14th century
The Laudi by the Italian Franciscan Jacopone da Todi are religious-inspired poems, written as ballads with varying metrical forms, often set in dialog form. This codex was produced in the second half of the 14th century by four different scribes.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 96-1
Parchment · II + 314 + II ff. · 35.0 x 25.0 cm · France · beginning of the 15th century (1410-1430)
This generously illuminated manuscript in two volumes was made at the beginning of the 15th century and contains "Guiron le Courtois", a romance about the fathers of the knights of the round table written around the year 1235. The various tales are presented here in an order unique to the This generously illuminated manuscript in two volumes was made at the beginning of the 15th century and contains "Guiron le Courtois", a romance about the fathers of the knights of the round table written around the year 1235. The various tales are presented in an order unique to the CB 96 manuscript. manuscript.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 96-2
Parchment · II + 286 + II ff. · 35.0 x 25.0 cm · France · beginning of the 15th century (1410-1430)
This generously illuminated manuscript in two volumes was made at the beginning of the 15th century and contains "Guiron le Courtois", a romance about the fathers of the knights of the round table written around the year 1235. The various tales are presented here in an order unique to the CB 96 manuscript.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 98
Parchment · 169 ff. · 30.0 x 20.5 cm · Italy (Nonantola) · 9th century (first half)
This manuscript contains a Latin translation in pre-Carolingian script of the "Antiquitates Judaicae", originally written in Greek by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in the first century. CB 98 was produced in the Benedictine abbey of San Silvestro di Nonantola (Province of Modena), as was Ms. CB 99, which also contains texts by Flavius Josephus.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 99
Parchment · 210 ff. · 29.8 x 20.5 cm · Italy (Nonantola) · 9th century (first half?)
This codex contains the "Jewish War", originally written by the historian Flavius Josephus in the 1st century. The 7 books of "De bello Judaico" present an account of the Jewish rebellion from the year 66 until the overthrow of Masada in the year 73. CB 99, like Ms. CB 98, was produced in the Benedictine abbey of San Silvestro di Nonantola (Province of Modena), though later than CB 98 and by different scribes.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 100
Parchment · 292 ff. · 42.5 x 26.5 cm · Italy · 14th century
This 14th century Italian manuscript, probably from Bologna, contains the Digestum Vetus, a fundamental work which attests to the 14th century’s interest in the history of Roman law. It comprises various reference texts, which are systematically accompanied by the Glossa ordinaria, the so-called "Magna glossa" by Franciscus Accursius, an interlinear gloss and the gloss of the Gloss, which are works of explanation and instruction for the use of the text. Many manicules or fists (lat manicula, ae: small hands) testify to the assiduous labor which a large number of readers have performed on this dry text. This manuscript contains numerous pecia marks. A detached page (f. 37bis) contains a poem to the reader by the Italian jurist Angelus Boncambius (about 1450).
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 101
Parchment · 60 ff. · 19.6 x 13 cm · Italy (?) · 12th century
Contains Juvenal’s Satires (I-XVI) with glosses, which are probably from the commentary by Pseudo-Cornutus. Glued onto both inside covers are fragments from a 14th century manuscript written in Dutch, which contain a part of the poetic work Martijn by Jacob Van Maerlant, one of the greatest Flemish poets of the Middle Ages.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 104
Parchment · I + 158 ff. · 31.9 x 21.7 cm · Italy (Naples?) · 15th century (around 1465-1475?)
This manuscript contains works by Lactantius, written in an Italian humanistic script in the second half of the 15th century. The book decoration consists of numerous initials with bianchi girari (white vine scroll), with side borders and with a frontispiece decorated along three sides with bianchi girari and with naturalistic elements: birds, butterflies and a donkey. In the bottom margin, two putti hold a laurel wreath surrounding the coat of arms of the person who commissioned the work, a member of the Aragonese royal family of Naples, probably Ferdinand I, King of Naples (1458-1494). An old signature confirms that the manuscript is from the library of the Aragonese Kings of Naples.