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Überlingen, Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek, Ms. 62 : Werner Schodoler, Eidgenössische Chronik, Vol. 1
No full textThe Eidgenössische Chronik by Werner Schodoler (1490-1541) is in chronological order the last of the illustrated Swiss Chronicles of the late Middle Ages. It was written by private initiative between 1510 and 1535 and took as its model primarily the Official Bernese Chronicle - Amtliche Berner Chronik - by Diebold Schilling and the Chronicle - Kronica - by Petermann Etterlin. This volume, the first of the three volumes of the chronicle, covers the history from the legendary origin of Zurich and Lucerne up to Antipope John XXIII’s flight from Constance (1415). Although space was left for illustrations, they were not realized (except those of 12v). Today the three volumes are held in different libraries: the first volume is in the Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek in Überlingen, the second in the City Archives in Bremgarten, and the third in the Cantonal Library of Aargau.Online Since: 2012-12-2
Bremgarten, Stadtarchiv Bremgarten, Bücherarchiv Nr. 2 : Werner Schodoler, Eidgenössische Chronik, Vol. 2
No full textThe Eidgenössische Chronik by Werner Schodoler (1490-1541) is the last of the illustrated Swiss chronicles of the late Middle Ages. It was written on private initiative between 1510 and 1535 and took as its primary models the Official Bernese Chronicle - Amtliche Berner Chronik - by Diebold Schilling and the Chronicle - Kronica - by Petermann Etterlin. This volume, the second of the three volumes of the chronicle, consists primarily of an account of the Old Zurich War and is illustrated with 130 colored pen sketches. Today the three volumes are held in different libraries: the first volume is in the Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek in Überlingen, the second in the City Archive in Bremgarten, and the third in the Cantonal Library of Aargau.Online Since: 2012-12-2
Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, ZF 18 : Werner Schodoler, Eidgenössische Chronik, Vol. 3
No full textThe Eidgenössische Chronik by Werner Schodoler (1490-1541) is in chronological order the last of the illustrated Swiss Chronicles of the late Middle Ages. It was written by private initiative between 1510 and 1535 and took as its model primarily the Official Bernese Chronicle - Amtliche Berner Chronik - by Diebold Schilling and the Chronicle - Kronica - by Petermann Etterlin. This volume, the third and last of the Chronicle, presents the events of the Burgundian Wars and the Swabian War; it ends with the Italian military campaigns, among others the Battle of Marignano on September 13th and 14th 1515, in which presumably the author himself took part. The volume is illustrated with 196 uncolored pen sketches by an anonymous artist. Today the three volumes are held in different libraries: the first volume is in the Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek in Überlingen, the second in the City Archives in Bremgarten, and the third in the Cantonal Library of Aargau.Online Since: 2012-12-2
Wil, Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina, M 16 : Ascetica et liturgica varia
No full textThis manuscript contains various liturgical and ascetic texts. The volume was written by various more or less practiced hands; one wrote a date .I.5.I.3. with his initials J. ae. (f. 47v), another only his initials J. h. L. (f. 101v). A parchment fragment of a document from the bishop of Konstanz from the year 1441 was used as binding.Online Since: 2018-10-0
Luzern, Staatsarchiv, KU 496 : Chronicle of Abbot Sebastian Seemann of St. Urban
No full textOn the occasion of the 1517 rebuilding of St. Urban\u27s Abbey, which had burned down in 1513, the Cistercian monk Sebastian Seemann (1492-1551), abbot of St. Urban\u27s beginning in 1535, wrote a history of the monastery, embedded in the history of the Swiss confederation and in general church history. The burning of the monastery and the peasant revolt of 1513 are described in detail. This same volume contains an accounts book for all of the monastery’s various offices. After the dissolution of the monastery in 1848, this volume, along with the monastery archives, became part of the state archives.Online Since: 2016-10-1
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 46 : Cassiodorus, Variae
No full textThis elegant codex, written in humanistic script, was commissioned by Pope Leo X († 1521). The Medici coat of arms can be found in the middle of the original binding’s cover, in a rich frieze on the frontispiece, and in the initials on f. 3v and f. 134v. The decoration is attributed to the famous Florentine illuminator Attavante degli Attavanti († 1525) or his circle. This codex is from the collection of Major J.R. Abbey.Online Since: 2017-03-2
Luzern, Korporation Luzern, S 23 fol. : Illustrated Chronicle by Diebold Schilling of Lucerne (Luzerner Schillling)
No full textThis chronicle, completed in 1513, tells the early history of Lucerne and, beginning with the Battle of Sempach (1386), it tells the history of the Swiss Confederation from the point of view of followers of the Holy Roman Emperor. The 450 illustrations by two different hands, due to their vividness and to the richness of their subjects and details, constitute a unique source of information about late medieval life.Online Since: 2015-03-1
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 74 : Jean Lemaire de Belges, Destruction de Troye (Illustrations de Gaule et singularitez de Troye, book II)
No full textThis early 16th century manuscript contains book II of the Illustrations de Gaule et singularitez de Troye by Jean Lemaire de Belges (1473-1524), followed by the XXIV coupletz de la valitude et convalescence de la royne trescrestienne and the virelai “Espritz haultains“. This is the only known manuscript to contain these three texts. It was signed by Lemaire de Belges’s own hand (f. 199v).Online Since: 2018-06-1
Fribourg/Freiburg, Archives de l\u27État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Archives du Chapitre St. Nicolas/Kapitelsarchiv St. Niklaus, CSN III.3.2 : Antiphonarium Lausannense. De Tempore, pars hiemalis
No full textThis antiphonary with musical notation, whose text corresponds to the Lausanne Ordinary, contains the winter portion of the Proprium de tempore. The parchment codex was written between 1511 and 1517 in the workshop of Master Ruprecht (Fabri) in Fribourg. The book decorations are by Jakob Frank of the Augustinian monastery ofFribourg. The binding, from about 1528-1559, is from the workshop of the Franciscans in Fribourg.Online Since: 2014-04-0
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 367 : Philibert de Viry’s Book of Hours, for use in Geneva
No full textPhilibert de Viry’s manuscript is one of the rare Books of Hours for use in the Diocese of Geneva to have survived until today. Illuminated in Lyon by the Maître de l’Entrée de François I, it contains miniatures directly inspired by Albrecht Dürer’s (1511) woodcuts Petite Passion. This is an early witness of the reception of this series of images in France and an example of the often unsuspected influence of engraving on book decoration.Online Since: 2016-03-1