The Burgerbibliothek Bern is a cultural institute of the Burgergemeinde Berne, a Civic Community. The Burgerbibliothek in its current state was established in 1951 when the town and university library was transformed into a foundation. Today the Burgerbibliothek is open to the public. Its scientific archives hold and preserve numerous important and internationally renowned manuscripts, records and photographic files. Among the best known collections are those of the medieval manuscripts, the Bongarsiana-Codices, documents concerning Swiss and Bernese history as well as bequests of important people such as Albrecht von Haller or Jeremias Gotthelf. The Burgerbibliothek also acts in an archival capacity for the Burgergemeinde (Civic Community), the guilds and the Burger’s societies. As a scientific institute, the Burgerbibliothek is of service to researchers and is also open to the interested public. Its collection is accessible in a beautiful reading room and conveyed through publications, guided tours and exhibitions.
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 91.21
Parchment · 6 ff. · 20.5 x 15 cm · France: Fleury (?) · beginning of the 11th century
Three bifolia of a manuscript probably produced in Fleury, containing musical treatises by Guido of Arezzo and illustrated with various diagrams. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 2 ff. · 36 x 25 cm · France · 14th century
Excerpta iuridica (Fragment)
Bifolium with juridical excerpts (on rights of succession) probably from the Novellae of the Corpus Iuris Civilis. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 1 f. · 21.5 x 14 cm · France · 15th century
Excerpts related to Lactantius and Boethius (Fragment)
A leaf with extracts related to Lactantius and Boethius, but not more precisely identified. The fragment comes from Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 440, where it was originally bound with the beginning of the text – the offset of the decorated initial is still visible on the verso. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 1 f. · 28.5 x 20.5 cm · France: Orléans region · 1550-1600
Daniel, Pierre: List of the manuscripts of Fleury (Fragment)
A list of manuscripts from Fleury noted by Pierre Daniel on a page; all the manuscripts are today more or less securely traceable to the libraries of Orléans and Paris. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 2 ff. · 28 x 20 cm · Germany (?) · 14th/15th century
Excerpts from the Bablyonian Talmud (Fragment)
Bifolium of a Hebrew (Babylonian) Talmud probably produced in Germany. Hermann Hagen probably detached the fragment before 1875 from his own collection. The relation to Jacques Bongars is unclear.
(mit)
Parchment · 15 ff. · 21–21.5 x 14.5–15 cm · France: Northern · ca. 2nd quarter of the 9th century
Glossarium Latinum (Fragment)
Two quires of a Latin glossary, belonging to the Aptet-type,that probably were produced in Northern France. A note indicates Pierre Daniel as a previous owner. The fragment, which perhaps belonged to the same manuscript as Cod. A 92.2, came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · I + 5 ff. · 21 x 15 cm · France: Northern · ca. 2nd quarter of the 9th century
Glossaria Latina (Fragment)
Quire (5 leaves) of a heavily damaged Latin glossary that probably comes from Northern France and likely contains several types of glossary. The fragment, which perhaps belonged to the same manuscript as Cod. A 92.1, came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 2 ff. · 20.5 x 14.5 cm · France: Septimania · beginning of the 9th century
Glossarium Latinum (Fragment)
Bifolium of a latin glossary of the type beginning with Abstrusa, probably from Septimania. The fragment, written in a Western Gothic minuscule, contains a beautiful decorated initial G on f. 2va; in 1632 it came to Bern as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 7 ff. · ca. 16 x 10.5 cm · France: Loire region · end of the 9th/beginning of the 10th century
Glossarium Latinum (Fragment)
Seven leaves from a Loire-area glossary, of which only the B-L section remains. The fragment was annotated by Pierre Daniel and came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 2 ff. · 21 x 15 cm · France: Fleury · 2nd third of the 9th century
Biblia latina (Vulgata) (Fragment)
A bifolium-sized fragment of a large-format Bible from Fleury, with parts of Genesis; it contains numerous interlinear and marginal notes, including the name Ermenaldus, that were added shortly after the production of the text. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 8 ff. · 25.5 x 19.5 cm · France: Northeastern · 9th century
Cicero (Pseudo-): Synonyma ad L. Victurium ; Vocabula hebraica (Fragment)
4 bifolia (= 1 quire) from a manuscript from Northeastern France, containing the Synonyma falsely attributed to Cicero. The (Pseudo-)Hebrew terms with Latin translations on the last leaf are interesting. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 10 ff. · 12.5 x 10 cm · France: Fleury · 11th century
Boethius: De consolatione philosophiae; Servatus Lupus: De metris Boetii (Fragment)
A quire of five bifolia from a small-format Boethius manuscript with parts of the De consolatione philosophiae as well as an explanation of the verse portions by Servatus Lupus. Probably produced in Fleury – there are different opinions on its dating and origin. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · III + 39 + III ff. · 16.5 x 13 cm · France · 10th century
Regula Benedicti
A fragment comprising 39 leaves (5 quires) and containing the majority of a Regula Benedicti copied in France. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars and was apparently bound many times (and erroneously).
(mit)
Parchment · 6 ff. · 15.5 x 9 cm · France (?) · 1st half of the 12th century
Disticha Catonis; Ecloga Theoduli (Fragment)
Three bifolia of a manuscript, likely produced in France, of the Disticha Catonis, also containing the Ecloga Theoduli. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 1 f. · 21 x 16 cm · France: probably Loire region · 2nd quarter of the 9th century
Livius: Periochae (Fragment)
Single leaf from a manuscript probably produced in the Loire region and containing Livy’s Periochae. The fragment was annotated by Pierre Daniel and came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 1 f. · 20.5 x 14.5 cm · France · end of the 12th century
Commenta in Horatii opera (Fragment)
Single leaf of a manuscript produced in France and containing commentaries on Horace’s Satires and Ars poetica. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Single leaf of a manuscript produced in France containing Horace’s Odes, with the scholia of (Ps.-)Acron. The manuscript, of which further parts are found in Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 1675, belonged to Pierre Daniel. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 1 f. · 23 x 18 cm · Italy (?) · 10th century
Sallustius: Bellum Jugurthinum (Fragment)
Single leaf of a manuscript produced in Italy and containing Sallust’s Bellum Jugurthinum. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 4 ff. · 24.5 x 17.5 cm · France · 12th century
Sententiae; Horatius: Carmina (Fragment)
Two bifolia from a manuscript produced in France containing Horace’s Odes; on f. 1r there is a collection of Latin sayings. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 from the property of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
Parchment · 1 f. · 20.5 x 15.5 cm · France: Brittany · 1st half of the 10th century
Serenus Samonicus: Liber medicinalis (Fragment)
Single leaf from a manuscript likely produced in Brittany and containing Serenus Samonicus’ Liber medicinalis. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 from the collection of Jacques Bongars.
(mit)
