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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1500 : Collectanea of the St. Gall librarian P. Franz Weidmann
No full textThis volume contains mostly the collected notes of St. Gall Abbey librarian P. Franz Weidmann (1774-1843) on the manuscript holdings of the Abbey Library and on the history of St. Gall Abbey and its catchment area; also several alphabetical indexes on the manuscript holdings (subject index, St. Gallen authors, scribes, and owners), copies by Weidmann of texts from St. Gall manuscripts, and excerpts from secondary literature.Online Since: 2020-10-0
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, H-71.4 : Victor Hugo, <i>Ô madame ! pourquoi ce chagrin qui vous suit</i>, signed autograph
No full textThe sixteen verses making up this passage are the sixth and last part of the poem "Dans l\u27église de ***”, included in the composite manuscript Les chants du crépuscule of 1835. Several themes are interwoven in this poem, which contrasts the probity of a woman praying in the middle of an abandoned church with the city’s hedonists, nihilists hurling themselves "d\u27ivresses en ivresses”. Hugo surprises this pure soul in the midst of adversity, invoking the help of the Lord to save her from overwhelming sadness. In this last part (VI), the writer increases his Christian support (Votre âme qui bientôt fuira peut-être ailleurs / Vers les régions pures, / Et vous emportera plus loin que nos douleurs, Plus loin que nos murmures !) with an angelic and serene quatrain: Soyez comme l\u27oiseau, posé pour un instant / Sur des rameaux trop frêles, / Qui sent ployer la branche et qui chante pourtant, / Sachant qu\u27il a des ailes !Online Since: 2017-09-2
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, MP 43 / A6086 : Ajoie Patois (dialect)
No full textAn autograph (?) of François-Joseph Guélat, from Adrien Kohler. This work is a regular encyclopedia of the patois; the main part consists of two large dictionaries French-Patois and Patois-French. In compiling this manuscript, F.-J. Guélat, who was from the Ajoie, draws upon the dialect of his region.Online Since: 2016-06-2
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, B-29.8 : Ludwig van Beethoven, <i>Missa solemnis op. 123, Gloria</i> (sketch). Autographic score on paper
No full textAccording to Beethoven, this is his “most accomplished work.” It
celebrates the consecration of his student and sponsor, Archduke Rudolph, as Archbishop of Olomouc (Olmütz) in 1818. This mass was begun in 1818; it was completed three years after the
ceremony and was presented to the cardinal and archbishop on 19 March 1823. This mass in D major seeks to express and communicate, in
the words of the composer himself, a state of mind, a religious Stimmung. It is written for a large orchestra and consists
of five movements (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei) The sections of the Gloria, imposed by the meaning of the text, constitute a sonata: allegro in D major, Gratias in B flat and back to the allegro; then the larghetto and as a third movement the allegro, Quoniam, the fugue In gloria Dei Patris, with a cyclical return to the theme of the Gloria in the principal tone. The music comments on the text: royal acclamation, heartfelt gratitude, divine omnipotence; then, in contrast: prayers, shouts and murmurs of the supplicants of this world (miserere nobis). Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 4 February 1952. Online Since: 2017-09-2
Trogen, Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Ms. 300 : Fitzi, Johann Ulrich and Zellweger, Johann Caspar: Appenzell Book of Flags
No full textCollection of drawings of flags captured as booty, as well as Appenzell stained glas heraldic panels, landscapes and buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries, created by the illustrator Johann Ulrich Fitzi, with commentary by the historiographer and commissioner of the work, Johann Caspar Zellweger.Online Since: 2013-12-1
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, N-4.1 : Napoleon, César, autograph
No full textDuring his exile on St. Helena, Napoleon (1769-1821) availed himself of a library of 3,000 books — a poor remedy for boredom. Nevertheless, the deposed emperor found pleasure in reading and annotating ancient and modern classics. As a theater enthusiast, he read aloud Voltaire’s La Mort de César to his entourage several times. He decided to write his own play on the same subject; this manuscript in Napoleon’s own handwriting presents a quick sketch of the first two scenes. On page 3, tired of his subject, the emperor covers the page with strategic and military calculations, having frigates engage with regiments and artillery.Online Since: 2015-12-1
Schaffhausen, Konzernarchiv Georg Fischer AG, GFA 1/144.36 : Memory album of Eduard Fischer, medical student
No full textThis paper manuscript bound in green leather is the memory album of Eduard Fischer (1801-1859) of Schaffhausen; it contains notes from family and friends. Eduard Fischer was the son of the metallurgist and entrepreneur Johann Conrad Fischer (1773-1854) of Schaffhausen. The book contains entries from 1818 until 1920. The very first entry is from the hand of his father, Johann Conrad Fischer: „Experientia est optima Magistra! […] Zum Andenken von deinem dich liebenden Vatter Johann Conrad Fischer, Oberst Lieut: der Art: und Mitglied der helv: Gesellschaft für die gesamten Naturwissenschaften. Schaffhausen, dem 21ten Märtz 1819.“ [p. 3]. Further entries in German, Latin and Ancient Greek are concentrated on pages 13-91 with many blank pages in between. Among the entries are notes by his brothers Georg Fischer (1804-1888) [p. 44] and Berthold Fischer (1807-1879) [p. 73], as well as by his sister C. Fischer [p. 59]. The entries are not in chronological order. Pages 92 to 175 are blank.Online Since: 2019-12-1
Zürich, Braginsky Collection, B288 : <i>Seder Tefillot u-Virkhot ha-Mohel</i> (Order of prayers and blessings for the circumciser)
No full textThis book of prayers for the Mohel, who performs circumcisions, consists of only a few leaves; according to a note on the title page, it was a gift from Mendel Rosenbaum to his brother-in-law Joseph Elsas of Nitra (now in Slovakia, but formerly in Hungary). The manuscript is signed by Leib Zahr Sofer (scribe); the work of this unknown artist shows a close formal relationship to that of the most important calligrapher and illustrator working in Nitra in the early 19th century, Mordecai ben Josl (alias Marcus Donath). The final page has a calligram with the figure of Moses, holding the Tablets of the Law in one hand and pointing to the Pentateuch with the other hand.Online Since: 2014-12-1
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A2445 : Historicum insignis Ecclesiae collegiatae Monasterii Grandis-Vallis
No full textDocument in two parts. The first part is by François Jacques Joseph Chariatte (1700-1765), provost of Moutier-Grandval Abbey, and tells the history of Moutier-Grandval Abbey from its founding in the 7th century until 1764 (pp. 1-139). The manuscript was completed in 1814 by the canon Jean Germain Fidèle Bajol, Chariatte\u27s nephew (pp. 147-162).Online Since: 2020-12-1
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, MP 39 : Jan Potocki, Dix journées de la vie d’Alphonse van Worden
No full textThe Polish scholar and writer Jan Potocki (1761-1815) is the author of Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, which he wrote in French from the beginning. The Cantonal Library of Jura’s copy contains part of the text in one of its final stages, which recounts ten days of the life of Alphonse van Worden (matching the 1814 edition available on Gallica). This copy is probably made from the printed text, and not the other way around, as indicated by François Rosset, who produced the critical edition of Potocki’s text. The manuscript, in an elongated format, is introduced by a watercolor depicting the Venta Quemada (p. 6), one of the mythical places that appears in one of the stories that this novel puts together, like the Thousand and One Nights before it.Online Since: 2025-12-1