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Swiss Manuscripts

Location, Library Manuscripts
All libraries and collections981
Sion/Sitten, Archives du Chapitre/Kapitelsarchiv 5
Fribourg/Freiburg, Archives de l'Etat de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg 6
Bern, Burgerbibliothek 13
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne 2
Fribourg/Freiburg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek 10
Lausanne, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne 4
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève 32
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek 51
Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium 10
Neuchâtel, Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel 5
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer 101
Trogen, Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden 8
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek 468
Solothurn, Domschatz der St.-Ursen-Kathedrale 3
Schlatt, Eisenbibliothek 1
Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster 8
Wil, Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina 10
Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek 13
Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau 15
Sion/Sitten, Médiathèque du Valais 2
Orselina, Convento della Madonna del Sasso 4
Luzern, Provinzarchiv Schweizer Kapuziner Luzern 1
Aarau, Staatsarchiv Aargau 6
Beromünster, Stiftskirche St. Michael 2
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek 54
Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek 15
St. Gallen, Stiftsarchiv (Abtei Pfäfers) 10
Bremgarten, Stadtarchiv Bremgarten 1
Sarnen, Staatsarchiv Obwalden 1
Schaffhausen, Staatsarchiv 5
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek 9
Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum 14
St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung 18
Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek 10
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek 45
Luzern, Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek 12
Zofingen, Stadtbibliothek 2

Swiss Manuscripts Abroad

Country Location, Library Manuscripts
Germany Überlingen, Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek 1
Austria St. Paul in Kärnten, Stiftsbibliothek St. Paul im Lavanttal 1

Dispersed Manuscript Parts Abroad

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
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Number of manuscripts: 468, displayed: 41 – 60

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 64

Parchment · 418 pp. · 21.4 x 16.7 cm · St. Gall · third quarter of the 9th century

Bible (Epistles of Paul); Alcuin; Apuleius

A copy of the Pauline Epistles with a miniature of Paul the Apostle, preaching in front of a great number of Jews and pagans, copies of Alcuin's works "De dialectica" and "De rhetorica" and of the work "Peri hermeneias" of Apuleius of Madaura (?), written in the monastery of St. Gall in the second half of the 9th century, with amendments from the 11th century. (smu)

Online since: 09/14/2005

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 65

Parchment · 216 pp. · St. Gall · 10th century and 12th century

Somnium Scipionis. Commentum Macrobii in somnium Scipionis. Epistolæ VII catholicæ.

A composite manuscript with two unrelated parts: 1) an incomplete copy of the Somnium Scipionis section of the work De re publica by Marcus Tullius Cicero, written in the Abbey of St. Gall during the 10th century, followed by a 10th century St. Gall copy of the commentary originally written by the Roman author Macrobius of late antiquity in about 430/440 and widely disseminated during the middle ages. A fragment of this manuscript may also be found in Cod. Voss.lat.qu. 33 (fol. 58) in the library of the Rijksuniversiteit in Leiden; 2) a St. Gall copy of the seven Catholic Letters (3 written by John, 2 by Peter, one by James, one by Jude) with a learned scholarly commentary from the 12th century. (smu)

Online since: 12/21/2009

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 68

Parchment · 406 pp. · 23 x 16.5 cm · St. Gall · third quarter ofthe 9th century

Bible (Job, Tob, Jdt, Esth, Prol. Ezra; Epst. Paul)

Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing books of the Old Testament (Job, Tobit, Judith, Esther and the prologue of the book Ezra) as well as the Pauline Epistles: a volume of the so-called "Kleine Hartmut-Bibel". (smu)

Online since: 12/12/2006

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 70

Parchment · 258 pp. · 29 x 20.5 cm · St. Gall · 760-780

Pauline Epistles with prologue to the Epistle to the Romans

Winithar's copy of the Pauline Epistles – Winithar's address to his fellow monks. (smu)

Online since: 09/14/2005

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 72

Parchment · 336 pp. · 29.7/29.9 x 24.7/25.1 cm · St. Gall · mid 9th century

Epistolæ Pauli. Acta Apostolorum. Epistolæ catholicæ. Apokalypsis.

Copies of the Epistles of Paul, the Acts of the Apostles, the Catholic Letters (3 by John, 2 by Peter, one by James, one by Jude) and the Apocalypse, written and decorated with several initials sometime in the middle of the 9th century at the Abbey of St. Gall. (smu)

Online since: 12/21/2009

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 73

Parchment · 262 pp. · 35-35.5 x 25-25.5 cm · St. Gall · 9th century

A commentary by Pseudo-Jerome on the Epistles of Paul

A commentary by Pseudo-Jerome on the Epistles of Paul. This manuscript, produced by the Cloister of St. Gall in the 9th century, is significant in terms of textual history study. Pages 231 through 260 contain the oldest commentary on the Letter to the Hebrews, composed by Irish theologians from the circle of Pelagius during the 7th century. (smu)

Online since: 12/23/2008

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 75

Parchment · 840 pp. · 55 x 40 cm · Tours, Abbey St. Martin · 9th century

Latin Bible - Old and New Testaments

The earliest complete extant pandect of Alcuin from the abbey of St. Martin at Tours. (smu)

Online since: 12/31/2005

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 77

Parchment · 482 pp. · 46.5 x 35 cm · St. Gall · about 850-860

Bible (Gen, Ex, Lev, Num, Deut, Josh, Judg, Ruth)

Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing books of the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges and Ruth). The first volume of the so-called "Grosse Hartmut-Bibel". (smu)

Online since: 12/12/2006

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 78

Parchment · 336 pp. · 42 x 31 cm · St. Gall · third quarter of the 9th century

Bible (I-II Sam, III-IV Kings)

Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing books of the Old Testament (Samuel I and II and Kings III and IV).The second volume of the so-called "Grosse Hartmut-Bibel". (smu)

Online since: 12/12/2006

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 79

Parchment · 452 pp. · 39.5 x 30 cm · St. Gall · third quarter of the 9th century

Bible (I-II Chr, Jdt, Esth, I-II Ezra, I-II Macc)

Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing books of the Old Testament (Paralipomenon I and II, Judith, Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah and Maccabees I and II). (smu)

Online since: 12/12/2006

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 80

Parchment · 308 pp. · 41 x 26,5/26,7 cm · All Saints, Schaffhausen · about 1100

Pentateuch . Books of Josua and Judges . Epistles of Paul

A copy of the first five books of Moses (the Pentateuch), the books of Joshua and Judges from the Old Testament as well as the Epistles of Paul and the Acts of the Apostles from the New Testament, produced in about 1100 in the cloister of All Saints (Allerheiligen) in Schaffhausen, already recorded in the 12th century as held in St. Gallen. (smu)

Online since: 04/15/2010

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 81

Parchment · 363 pp. · 42 x 31 cm · St. Gall · third quarter of the 9th century

Bible (Prov, Eccl, Song, Wis, Sir, Job, Tob)

Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing books of the Old Testament (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus--also called Sirach, Job, Tobit). A volume of the so-called "Grosse Hartmut-Bibel". (smu)

Online since: 06/12/2006

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 82

Parchment · 551 pp. · 40.5 x 29.5 cm · St. Gall · third quarter of the 9th century

Bible (Isa, Jer, Ezek, XII min. proph., Dan)

Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing books of the Old Testament (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and the minor prophets.) A volume of the so-called "Grosse Hartmut-Bibel". (smu)

Online since: 12/12/2006

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 83

Parchment · 418 pp. · 40.5 x 30.5 cm · St. Gall · about 850-860

Bible (Epistles, Acts, Apoc)

Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing the Pauline Epistles, the Acts and Revelations. The last volume (6) of the so-called "Grosse Hartmut-Bibel". (smu)

Online since: 12/12/2006

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 85

Parchment · 472 pp. · 45 x 26 cm · St. Gall · first third of the 9th century

Expositio in Lucam libri VI

Exegesis of St Luke's Gospel by Beda Venerabilis, written by the monk and master scribe Wolfcoz around 820/840. (smu)

Online since: 12/31/2005

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 86

Parchment · 234 pp. · 30.5-31 x 23.5-24 cm · Einsiedeln · about 950-970

The "Pseudo-Klementinen" (Pseudo-Clementines)

The "Pseudo-Klementinen" (Pseudo-Clementines) in a copy produced at the Cloister of Einsiedeln in the period around 950/970, with a title illustration showing the conflict between Peter the Apostle and Simon Magus. The 10-book "Pseudo-Klementinen" is written from the point of view of Peter's follower Clement and tells about Peter's travels, his conflict with Simon Magus, and the conversion of his pupil, Clement of Rome. (smu)

Online since: 12/09/2008

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 87

Parchment · 345 pp. · 36.5 x 25.5 cm · St. Gall · 9th century

Homiliae Origenis in Genesim, Exodum et Leviticum.

A copy of the sermons of the early Christian theologian Origen (185-254) on the Old Testament books of Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus, produced in the 9th century at the Abbey of St. Gall. (smu)

Online since: 12/21/2009

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 88

Parchment · 596 pp. · 29 x 22 cm · St. Gall · second half of the 9th century

Origenes, Commentarii in epistulas ad Romanos

An excellently crafted copy of the ten-part commentary of the Greek theologian Origen (185-253/54) on the Epistle to the Romans ("Commentarii in epistulas ad Romanos"), produced in the Cloister of St. Gall during the second half of the 9th century. (smu)

Online since: 12/23/2008

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 89

Parchment · 217 pp. · 23.4 23.5 x 15.2 15.4 cm · St. Gall · end of the 9th century

Cypriani de dominica oratione etc. Dicta Gregorii Nazanzeni episcopi de Hieremia propheta. Cypriani de mortalitate.

This manuscript of collected works is important to textual history and contains various works by Bishop Cyprian of Carthage († 258), including De dominica oratione, De mortalitate and De opere et eleemosynis, together with a tract by an unknown Irish author, De duodecim abusivis saeculi written by an unknown author, and the invocation of Gregory of Nazianz to the residents of Nazianz in Latin translation (Ad cives Nazianzenos gravi timore perculsos et praefectum irascentem) copied near the end of the 9th century at the Abbey of St. Gall. (smu)

Online since: 12/21/2009

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 90

Parchment · 170 pp. · 27.5 x 19-19.5 cm · second half of the 9th century (?)

Altercatio contra Arrium. Epistola adversus Luciferianum hereticum.

This manuscript contains a Latin language copy of the Altercatio contra Arrium by the church father Athanasius that is significant to textual history, together with one of the five oldest copies of the Epistola adversus Luciferianum hereticum by the church father Jerome, probably made by the St. Gall monk Rifine during the second half of the 9th century. (smu)

Online since: 12/21/2009
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