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Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, MP 6 / A1330 : Diary
No full textDescribed by Gustave Amweg as the Mémoires d’un Jurassien, this paper manuscript belonged to the cantonal school of Porrentruy. It contains two distinct parts. The first contains accounts in German, divided according to month, running from 1670 to 1672 (pp. 1-177). The second part (pp. 181-358), written in French, is the diary of a man – not otherwise identified – written in first person, which reports his daily activities (time passed in study, copies of letters, poems, etc.), as well as, among other things, the account of a trip from France to Italy.Online Since: 2022-12-1
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1280 : Manuscript catalog by Father Hermann Schenk from the period around 1700 · Register of abbey library benefactors from 1567 until about 1780 · Various special lists of the abbey library’s printed books, compiled between about 1696 and about 1762.
No full textA composite manuscript that is very instructive about the history of the library; it is made up of various documents, written between 1680 and 1780 and then bound together. Part 1 (pp. 7-121): manuscript catalog by Fr. Hermann Schenk (1653-1706) from the period around 1700. Around 1750, Fr. Pius Kolb (1712-1762) added his new catalog signatures. Kolb also noted missing manuscripts in Schenk’s catalog. Most of these had been taken to Zurich in 1712 (deest). Part 2: (pp. 127−153 and pp. 162−167): register of abbey library benefactors (Monumentum gratitudinis dedicatum benefactoribus Bibliothecae), begun in 1680 and continued until 1780. Extraordinary donations to the library were entered retroactively to 1567, such as (p. 133) the “donation” of a large terrestrial and celestial globe by the pharmacist Lukas Stöckli from Constance. Such mentions often concern objects from the library’s cabinet of curiosities and rarities. Part 3 (pp. 155-161): books that were acquired between 1717 and 1737 under Abbot Joseph von Rudolphi (1717-1740). Part 4 (pp. 169 and pp. 175-187): books from the estate of Prince-Abbot (1687-1696) and Cardinal Cölestin Sfondrati, which after his death were integrated into the library by Fr. Hermann Schenk. Part 5 (pp. 191-234): collection of larger format volumes from the abbey library from the period around 1700. Part 6: (pp. 237−270; separate loose documents): list of the abbey library’s most beautiful books from the period around 1750, composed by Fr. Pius Kolb and entitled Ilias in nuce. Part 7 (pp. 275-280; collection of loose pages): list of manuscript signatures by Fr. Pius Kolb.Online Since: 2014-06-2
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. D 155 : Latin homilies on New Testament texts, preached by a monk from St. Gall
No full textLatin homilies by a St. St. Gall monk, delivered in various churches in the territory of the Fürstabtei (Bishop\u27s Abbey) of St. Gall between 1674 and 1691.Online Since: 2007-12-2
Zürich, Braginsky Collection, S17 : <i>Megillat</i> Esther (מגילת אסתר) / Esther Scroll
No full textThis profusely illustrated Dutch scroll is distinctive for its thirty-eight illustrations drawn in sepia ink. The decoration of the scroll begins with a triumphal arch reminiscent of Roman Triumphal arches constructed for royal festivities throughout Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. The scroll also contains some unusual representations. One is of Mordecai standing in a room with a wall filled with books. He is portrayed as a scholar, perhaps reflecting a rabbinic tradition that informs us of his remarkable knowledge of seventy languages, which helped him uncover the plot against Ahasuerus. Another striking illustration is the depiction of two merrymaking dwarves dancing and playing stringed instruments in celebration of the Jews’ delivery from destruction.Online Since: 2017-03-2
Zürich, Braginsky Collection, K49 : Ketubah (כתובה), Casale [Monferrato], 3 Adar 5435 (1 March 1675)
No full textIn the 17th century, the Jewish community of Casale Monferrato had between 500 and 600 members. The widow Giuditta Leonora, daughter of Abraham Segre, and Moses, son of the deceased Isaak Katzighin, the bridal couple named in this marriage contract, both belonged to the wealthiest families of the community. The contract is surrounded by an ornamental frame. The inner oval frame, which contains six gilded rosettes, is decorated with flowers. Its corner segments each contain a large medallion depicting the four Aristotelian elements (air, water, fire and earth) and smaller medallions depicting, in a counterclockwise direction, the twelve Signs of the Zodiac. The outer frame contains gilt knot motifs as a symbol of the eternal “love knot”; the cartouches in the four corners depict allegories of the four seasons. In addition there are representations of the five senses. The tenth cartouche, at the top, intended for family crests, was never filled in.Online Since: 2018-10-0
Zürich, Braginsky Collection, S60 : Megillah Esther (מגילת אסתר) / Esther scroll
No full textThis hand-written megillah Esther from Venice (type: “Gaster I”, on three sheets with text in 19 columns, all but the last one arranged in pairs), is decorated with a printed and hand-colored decorative border; it can be dated circa 1675 based on almost identical Esther rolls that are dated. This decorative technique was first used in Rome in the late 16th century and later, especially in the 18th century, was widely used in Venice and Amsterdam. Polylobed cartouches below and above the text depict scenes from the Book of Esther.Online Since: 2020-10-0
Bulle, Musée gruérien, 386 : Rentier domestique de moy Joannes Castella bourgeois de Frybourg et Chastellain de la Ville de Gruyère
No full textThe first 14 pages of this urbarium consist of various notes regarding oaths and contracts. Page 15 constitutes the frontispiece of the register as such: ‟Ici commence mon rentier domestique, cet assavoir de moÿ Joannes Castella, bourgeois de Frÿbourg et chastellain de la ville de Gruÿere, le 3me janvier 1681”. This booklet lists all of Jean Castella’s expenditures (ordinary expenses such as saddle girths, wages paid to a midwife, purchase of wood, etc., as well as less ordinary expenses) along with receipts and, in particular, details regarding his income from lands. The author also notes down judgments in which he participated as a jury member or as guarantor for the authorities. In addition he mentions gifts that he received or gave. The register lists costs of and earnings from his official function as well as expenditures and income from his private activities. This is nothing less than a historical summary of the everyday life of a notable Gruyère citizen from the late 17th century.Online Since: 2017-06-2
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A2416 : Privilegia Lucellensia and various texts connected to the Cistercian Order
No full textThe volume is composed of a manuscript and a printed part, as well as a large number of blank pages. For the printed part, some pages, editions of papal bulls, are glued onto sheets of paper (pp. 173-276), while others – the apostolic letter of Alexander VII promulgated in 1666 to reform the constitutions of the Cistercian Order (pp. 285-300), and a second text with similar content from Clement IX promulgated in 1668 (pp. 303-314) – are not. The manuscript part opens with a copy of the privileges of Lucelle Abbey, dating from 1186 to 1563 (pp. 1-100), complemented with a second series of privileges for the same abbey, dated from 1139 to 1646, and copied in a second hand (pp. 117-165). Two apostolic letters of Clement VIII can also be found (pp. 109-115, and 315-322), as well as an edition, Validitatis Capituli Generalis pro Reverendis PP. Abbatibus Germania, ord. Cist. Contra Reverendos abbates strictioris observantia, that was published in 1673 in Rome (pp. 323-356). Finally, there appears a copy, dated to 1674, of a series of documents, including decrees, connected to Lucelle Abbey (pp. 461-507).Online Since: 2024-05-3
Zürich, Braginsky Collection, B57 : <i>Siddur</i> according to the Sephardic rite (<i>Nussah Sefarad</i>)
No full textApart from the daily prayers, this manuscript also contains kabbalistic commentaries and kavvanot
(mystical intentions). In the kabbalistic school of Safed (Upper
Galilee), the mystical aspect of prayer, as “the vehicle of the soul\u27s
mystical ascent to God,” is of great importance. The authorship of this
prayer books is generally attributed to Isaac ben Solomon Luria
(1534–1572). The manuscript begins with an unfinished title page
that contains a decorative floral border in red, yellow and green, but
without any text. In the ornamental colorful border there is the
inscription “Samuel ha-Kohen, cantor in Broda,” who is either the
copyist or perhaps the person for whom the book was written. The
manuscript was a part of the collection of Naphtali Herz van Biema
(1836-1901), an Amsterdam collector, whose books were auctioned in 1904.
Many of these books had previously belonged to his wife\u27s family of
prominent orthodox philanthropists and bibliophiles known as the
Amsterdam Lehren family.Online Since: 2016-10-1
Neuchâtel, Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel, Ms. A 45 Vol. 4 : Bariller Frédéric, Neuchâtel-Chronicle from 1476-1664
No full textThis manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822 by the Merveilleux family. It consists of four separate booklets sewn together, of which one is bound in parchment. They are of irregular formats and some pages are cut.Several pages, written in another hand, were integrated into the pagination and were incorporated. The fourth booklet contains a list of coats of arms and emblems with sketches.Online Since: 2016-03-1