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Quinto, Archivio parrocchiale, s. n. : "Martirologio-calendario" (obituary) of the Parish of SS. Pietro e Paolo of Quinto
No full textObituary of the Parish of SS. Pietro e Paolo of Quinto (Ticino), written by the priest Ambrogio Rossi of Chironico, who copied an older obituary that was probably damaged or had no more space. The Ambrosian type calendar lists the stipends for annual masses or for anniversaries, the solemnities, the indulgences and notes regarding the pledges to the parish and to the entire valley. On December 28, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the commemoration of the Battle of Giornico (Battaglia dei Sassi Grossi, 1479) is recorded.Online Since: 2016-06-2
Appenzell, Landesarchiv Appenzell Innerrhoden, C.VII.1 : Kundschaftsprotokolle
No full textThis volume contains Kundschaften, that is, witness statements or reports on alleged crimes. In the back part it also contains lists of the members of the jury and of the court (Gassengericht), as well as the minutes of the Landesgemeinde and the Council from 1548 to 1551.Online Since: 2024-12-1
St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 46 : Joachim Vadian, Von dem uralten mönch und pfaffenstand, und ob der von den nächsten zwolfhundert jaren har gebessert oder gebösert habe
No full textThis manuscript, an autograph, contains various writings on the monastic way of life and about monasticism in the past and present. It contains, among others, translations of letters by Saint Jerome and of sermons by Bernard of Clairvaux. These are argumentation aids for disputes with proponents of monasteries and convents.Online Since: 2018-12-1
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, M V 1 : al-Kalimāt aṭ-ṭayyibāt al-ʿaliyya / ʿAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib
No full textFamous collection of wise sayings attributed to the caliph ʿAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib (deceased 661). Each proverb in Arabic is followed by its translation into Persian in Maṯnawī verses in Ramal meter. The sentences are also known by the title Ṣad kalima or Miʾat kalima and have been translated into Persian several times. This version does not name the translator. This copy was prepared by a well-known calligrapher from Shiraz, Ḥusayn al-Faḫḫār; it was completed in Rabīʿ II 952 h. [= June-July 1545]. The manuscript is from the bequest of the turkologist and scholar of Islamic studies Rudolf Tschudi (1884-1960).Online Since: 2019-06-1
St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 44 : Joachim Vadian, Die Äbt dess closters zu S. Gallen …
No full textThe manuscript today known as the “Kleinere Chronik der Äbte von St. Gallen” (Lesser chronicle of the abbots of St. Gall) is an autograph; it describes the history of the Monastery of St. Gall from its beginnings under Abbot Othmar around the year 720 up to the year 1532, that is, to the period of the Reformation. The emphasis initially is on the history of the monastery; from the 13th century onward, what appears more and more is the history of the city of St. Gall, which was able to establish its independence and the Reformation.Online Since: 2018-12-1
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 461 : Fridolin Sicher’s Song Book
No full textSong collection of St. Gall organist Fridolin Sicher; 49 songs for three to five voices in 16th century mensural notation without texts. Among the composers are, among others, Alexander Agricola, Loyset Compère, Josquin Desprez and Jacob Obrecht. Several pieces give the name of the composer and the beginning of the text (in French, Italian, Flemish or Latin). Usually one piece fills a double page, less frequently all (three or four) voices are arranged on a single pageOnline Since: 2014-09-2
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 544 : Psalterium feriatum, with antiphons and hymns
No full textThis Psalter contains the psalms in liturgical sequence with antiphons, followed by biblical canticles and a hymnal. The codex was written in 1545 (colophon f. 102v) by the organist and calligrapher Fridolin Sicher (1490-1546) by order of Prince Abbot Diethelm Blarer (1530-1564). Large parts were rewritten by numerous later hands, probably after the reform of the liturgy following the Council of Trent. The Psalter contains several figurative initials by an unknown illuminator.Online Since: 2014-06-2
St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 45 : Joachim Vadian, Von dem Turgöuw, dem ersten tayl Helvetiae, in der fünften welttafel begriffen
No full textThis manuscript, an autograph, contains a historical-topographical description of “Turgöuw” or Eastern Switzerland (pp. 1-3) as well as of the “Oberbodensee” (pp. 201-227), that is, the villages and areas on the northern (from Bregenz to Überlingen) and southern (from Rheineck to Kreuzlingen) shore [of Lake Constance]; it further contains a historical overview of the development of monasticism and ecclesiastical institutions and of the process of their decay (pp. 3-138), a history of Saint Gall and of the monastery of St. Gall (pp. 138-193), and the history of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Caligula (pp. 229-323).Online Since: 2018-12-1
Chur, Staatsarchiv Graubünden, A/N 308 : La chiarta d la Lyga in Rumauntz
No full textThis manuscript contains the translation into Puter (the dialect of the Upper Engadine) of the Federal Charter of 11 November 1544 (German, StAGR A I/01 Nr. 109), written by Fadry Salis (very probably Friedrich von Salis-Samedan, 1512-1570). It was probably written shortly after the original, and thus it is the oldest Romansh document preserved in the original. The alliance of 1544 is a renewal of the alliance between the Grey League, the League of the Ten Jurisdictions and the League of God\u27s House of 23 September 1524, which is generally considered the founding act of the Free State of the Three Leagues. The dating of the manuscript is uncertain since the date 11 November 1544 refers to the German document, which, however, does not bear the signature of Friedrich von Salis. According to the note of confirmation of 8 February 1605, the manuscript must at least have been written prior to this date.Online Since: 2018-03-2
Appenzell, Landesarchiv Appenzell Innerrhoden, LAAI, C.II.08 : Book of accounts 1544-1548
No full textOn 366 paper pages, this volume contains the income and expenditures of the territory of Appenzell from February 1544 to July 1548. These accounts are among the most important sources for researching the history of the yet undivided region.Online Since: 2022-12-1