| Country | Location, Library | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art | 1 |
Number of manuscripts: 5
Schaffhausen, Staatsarchiv, Allerheiligen F 2
Paper · 43 ff. · 22.5 x 15.5 cm · Schaffhausen · 1467
This codex, assembled in 1467, is the central portion of a miscellany including the Lucidarius (Zürich, Zentralbibliothek C 215) and the Schaffhauser Weltgerichtsspiel (Zürich, Zentralbibliothek C 216). The Book of Founders, written by Johannes Trechsel, contains legendary tales of the lives and works of the 12th century Counts of Nellenburg who founded the Cloister of Allerheiligen. It also contains stories about the successful reform of the cloister.
Schaffhausen, Staatsarchiv, Fragment 1
Parchment · 2 ff. · 18-20 x 20 cm · 2nd quarter of the 9th century
This bifolio contains a fragment from Versus de Mensibus and served as a binding for Daniel Schwenter's Geometria practica. The fragment's date of origin is the 2nd quarter of the 9th century.
Schaffhausen, Staatsarchiv, Fragment 2
Parchment · 2 ff. · 27 x 21.5 cm · Western Germany or Eastern France · end of the 9th century
This fragment of the Collectio canonum Dionysio-Hadriana, a double leaf from the end of the 9th century, served as a binding for the urbarium of the church at Barzheim (Canton of Schaffhausen) from 1636.
Schaffhausen, Staatsarchiv, Fragment 3
Parchment · 2 ff. · 21.5 x 17.5 cm · 1st half of the 14th century
This fragment contains two passages from Barlaam und Josaphat by Rudolph von Ems. This double leaf was removed from the front cover of the All Saints account record, transactions 1545-46 (Allerheiligen AA 1/1545-1546). Rudolf von Ems used a Latin model as the basis for his romance Barlaam und Josaphat, which consisted of 16,244 verses. Composed in about 1225 for a courtly audience, the work enjoyed great popularity during the late middle ages.
Schaffhausen, Staatsarchiv, Urk. 238
Parchment · 29 ff. · 22 x 13.5 cm · Schaffhausen · about 1300
The "Richtebrief", written in or about 1300 is the oldest codex in the collection that was written outside the cloister. It contains laws protecting individuals and regulating business and trade, a series of regulations for ensuring the independence of the city, and laws for the constitution of Schaffhausen. It is likely that the creation of this "Richtebrief" is a result of the political alliances Schaffhausen had built with Zurich, Constance and St. Gall. Thus, the first part of the manuscript follows the model of a document from Constance, while the second follows a model from Zurich.