Single sheet of a collection of homilies, probably in two volumes, from the Dominican Monastery of Bern, which were used around 1495 by the bookbinder Johannes Vatter as pastedowns for various incunables that are currently held in Bern and Solothurn. After the secularization of the monastery in 1528, the host volume perhaps came into the possession of the Sterner family in Biel and further to Bern via the antiquarian bookshop Max Müller (BBB Mss.h.h.XXXIV.35).
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Single sheet of a collection of homilies, probably in two volumes, from the Dominican Monastery of Bern, which were used around 1495 by the bookbinder Johannes Vatter as pastedowns for various incunables that are currently held in Bern and Solothurn. After the secularization of the monastery in 1528, the host volume perhaps came into the possession of the Sterner family in Biel and further to Bern via the antiquarian bookshop Max Müller (BBB Mss.h.h.XXXIV.35).
Online Since: 07/14/2021
Important remnants of a collection of homilies, probably in two volumes, from the Dominican Monastery of Bern, which were used around 1495 by the bookbinder Johannes Vatter as pastedowns for various incunables that are currently held in Bern and Solothurn. After the secularization of the monastery in 1528, the host volumes perhaps as part of a bequest of books by the Venner [standard bearer] Jürg Schöni in 1534, became part of the Bern library. Around 1945, Johannes Lindt detached the fragments from the host volumes.
Online Since: 07/14/2021
Important remnants of a collection of homilies, probably in two volumes, from the Dominican Monastery of Bern, which were used around 1495 by the bookbinder Johannes Vatter as pastedowns for various incunables that are currently held in Bern and Solothurn. After the secularization of the monastery in 1528, the host volumes perhaps as part of a bequest of books by the Venner [standard bearer] Jürg Schöni in 1534, became part of the Bern library. Around 1945, Johannes Lindt detached the fragments from the host volumes.
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Three large-format leaves from a manuscript produced in Eastern France and containing the Instituta coenobiorum of John Cassian. The fragment, probably taken from a medieval book binding, came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
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Bifolium from a manuscript of Gregory the Great's Homiliae in Evangelia. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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A single leaf of a manuscript of Juvenal's Satires from the library of Fleury. Other parts of this manuscript can be found in Orléans, BM 295; cf. Vatican, BAV Reg. lat. 980, f. 42, and Leiden, Voss lat. F12. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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Bifolium of a manuscript of Martianus Capella's De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, which served as pastedown on the front board of Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 47 (a homiliary from the Strassbourg Cathedral Libarary). This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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Leaf from a manuscript of Lucan's Bellum Civile. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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A heavily damaged leaf from a large-format manuscript that contained the late-antique commentary of Lactantius Placidus on Statius' Thebaid.This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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Large-format bifolium from a manuscript of Dioscorides that was probably produced in Fleury. Other parts of it are conserved in Paris, BnF, lat. 9332. The script and decoration display Insular characteristics. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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Bifolium of a small-format manuscript with a prayer ascribed to Augustine, as well as a Biblical index that matches the content of Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 706. The fragment probably formed the end of this manuscript, and came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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Three bifolia from a manuscript of Ambrose's Hexameron, namely the beginning of Bern, Burgerbibiliothek, Cod. 585. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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Bifolium of a manuscript with the remains of an antidotary in which have been added excerpts from treatises on precious stones. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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A fragment composed of two independent parts. The oldest part contains a commented version of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics. Around the outside of the quire is a later bifolium (f. 1, 11), written in French with a legal or ecclesiastical list of names. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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Four bifolia (= 1 quire) of a manuscript of Augustine's De vera religione, which probably was once in Fleury. It is the first quire of Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 540, of which another part can be found in Città del Vaticano, B.A.V., Reg. lat. 1709. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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A two-bifolia fragment of Boethius' De arithmetica. The manuscript was found in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Martin in Séez. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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Three bifolia from a small-format manuscript containing medical recipes, perhaps connected to the Collectio Salernitana. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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Ten leaves from a manuscript in two parts containing the medical treatises of Isaac Judaeus and Johannes Afflacius. This fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the bequest of Jacques Bongars.
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18 leaves (two whole quires and one bifolium) from a manuscript of the Cistercian abbey of Vauluisant. Additional parts of the manuscript are in Paris, BnF latin 2820. The fragment contains the end of Aelred of Rievaulx's Compendium speculi caritatis and the beginning of Alcuin's Compendium in cantica canticorum. In 1632, it came to Bern as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
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