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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1763 : Antiphonary, spring part
No full textSpring part of an antiphonary that was originally set up in two volumes and later, when it was bound, was divided into four volumes. The antiphonary, whose other parts are preserved in Cod. Sang. 1762, 1764 and 1795, was written and probably also decorated by Fr. Dominikus Feustlin (1713–1782). His style is characterized by vividly colored frames made up of thousands of small rods surrounding initials and title cartouches. More decorated title cartouches are on p. 68, 87, 106, 123, 179, 206, 260, 271 and 307. The spring part includes the Proprium de tempore from Ash Wednesday to Ascension Day (pp. 1–205), the Proprium de sanctis from the end of February to May (pp. 206–306), the Commune sanctorum (pp. 307–338), Offices in honor of St. Benedict (on Tuesdays, pp. 339-343) and the Virgin Mary (on Saturdays, pp. 344-347), Suffragia sanctorum (pp. 348–352), and antiphons and responsories for weekdays (pp. 352–384). The melodies are written in German plainsong notation (“Hufnagelnotation”) on five lines.Online Since: 2019-12-1
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A5328 : Medical-surgical observations from the Journal from the office of Monsieur Nicolas Godin
No full textThis paper manuscript, paginated 108-286, is one of four surviving copies of the writings of Nicolas Godin (Besançon, 1727 – Porrentruy, 1805), surgeon for the last four archbishops of Basel. His 24 medical-surgical “observations” are followed by a last one, which consists of a “description abrégée” (abbreviated description) of the principality of Basel, with a medical topography and meteorological observations (p. 236-283).Online Since: 2018-10-0
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, CL 69 : Pesach Haggadah
No full textThis handwritten Haggadah Comites Latentes 69 was created in Vienna in 1756. It is decorated with black ink and masterfully imitates copper engraving. The author is the famous scribe and illustrator Simmel ben Moses from Polna (active between 1714 and 1756), who produced about thirty dated manuscripts that have survived until today, of which, however, only 17, including CL 69, are autographs. His works of art are among the most remarkable examples of Hebrew manuscript decoration in 18th century Central Europe. The Song of Solomon, copied by later hands, concludes this magnificent manuscript.Online Since: 2017-06-2
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1401 : Bibliotheca manuscripta monasterii S. Galli registrata… a P. Pio Kolb 1759
No full textThe second volume of the best critical manuscript register of the 18th century: the St. Gall Manuscript Catalog of librarian Pater Pius Kolb (1712-1762) in two volumes (together with Cod. Sang. 1400) from the years 1755/59. In this second volume Kolb describes and evaluates the liturgical, historical and hagiographic manuscripts, the legal, theological and philosophical manuscripts, and also the texts concerning medicine, sciences, rhetoric, poetics, and grammar. Following the evaluative portion are an alphabetical listing by author and an incomplete index indicating the pages on which information about the individual codices can be found.Online Since: 2008-12-2
Wattwil, Kloster Maria der Engel Wattwil, Ms. 2 : Pharmacopoeia
No full textCollection of recipes for preparing medicines. The form in which the recipes are presented ranges from a list of ingredients to more or less detailed texts including information about the preparation as well as the use of the medication. There is no index. The manuscript, which was written in 1755, is from the chapter of the noble secular canonesses of Schänis (fol. Br). Several recipes are later additions. The numerous blank pages indicate that it had been planned from the beginning to leave room for additional recipes. It is not known when the manuscript became part of the pharmacy of the former Capuchin Convent of Wattwil. Since the dissolution of the Capuchin Convent St. Mary of the Angels of Wattwil in 2010, the manuscript, as part of the convent pharmacy, belongs to the Foundation Kloster Maria der Engel Wattwil.Online Since: 2019-06-1
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1400 : Bibliotheca manuscripta monasterii S. Galli registrata… a P. Pio Kolb 1759
No full textThe best critical manuscript register of the 18th century: the St. Gall Manuscript Catalog of librarian Pater Pius Kolb (1712-1762) in two volumes (together with Cod. Sang. 1401) from the years 1755/59. The front matter of this first volume consists of an account by Pius Kolb of his work with manuscripts and the first detailed account of the history of the Abbey Library of St. Gall. The manuscripts are ordered by subject area; this first volume contains individual manuscript listings, together with critical commentaries, for the Bibles, the Bible commentaries, the works of the church fathers, the works written by St. Gall authors, the Council records as well as the Rules of the Order and commentaries upon those Rules. In the back of the volume is a manuscript concordance indicating the previous and the new library signatures for each volume. This catalog was produced in conjunction with the application of a new library signature scheme to the manuscript collection.Online Since: 2008-12-2
Zürich, Braginsky Collection, B332 : Doctoral diploma from the University of Padua for Israel Baruch Olmo
No full textUntil 1800, the University of Padua was the most important center for Jewish students, whereas the University of Bologna’s registers list no Jews. Doctoral diplomas served as an entrance ticket for Jewish doctors into the modern society of nobles and bourgeois. The University of Padua issued its graduates hand-written and decorated diplomas in Latin. The initial page of the diploma for Israel Baruch Olmo shows the emblem of the Olmo family: an elm, flanked by a bubbling fountain and a stalk of grain.Online Since: 2016-12-2
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A2626-2 : Diarium Seminarii Bruntruti 1754-1771
No full textDiary with daily notes about life in the Jesuit seminary in Porrentruy between 1754 and 1771.Online Since: 2016-10-1
Neuchâtel, Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel, Ms. R 55 : Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Dictionnaire de musique
No full textFirst complete handwritten edition, with a number of deletions and cross-references. Each booklet consists of 12 bifolia. The pages were numbered by Rousseau. The recto of the pages contain the text, the verso corrections and additions. In his Dictionnaire de musique, Rousseau takes up again the approximately four hundred articles he had written in 1749 for the Encyclopédie. Starting in 1753, in answer to attacks and criticism brought on by his articles, he begins to revise and rewrite them. Because he strives for lexicographic completeness in the field of music, the author composes more and more new entries, reaching close to nine hundred terms. In 1794 the manuscript is donated to the Neuchâtel Library by Pierre-Alexandre DuPeyrou (1729-1794) from Neuchâtel, Rousseau’s friend and publisher.Online Since: 2014-04-0
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A60 : Formulare curiae Basileensis; “Mémoire instructif pour instruire une procédure criminelle“
No full textThis volume contains two distinct works. The first is a copy of the formulary of the Basel Church Court, in use circa 1640 in the office of the diocesan officialis, at the time based in Altkirch and led by Johannis Georgius Goetzmann (p. V9). It was copied in Altkirch in 1753 by Johannis Theobald Roeslin, Apostolic Notary to the Episcopal Court of Basel. The formulas are chiefly in Latin, but also in German and more rarely in French (pp. 1-365). The style of script changes according to the language used. An alphabetical index finishes the first part (pp. 369-374). The second text, in French, was copied by a certain “Vannesson”, clerk to the Episcopal Court (p. 382), contains the judicial formulas for “conducting criminal proceedings against ecclesiastics” (pp. 383-465). These formulas have been copied with blanks to be filled in with names, places, and dates of the offenses to be tried. The tables at the end refer to the original pagination in Roman numerals (pp. 467-470).Online Since: 2024-05-3