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      e-codices newsletter | issue no. 59 | December 2024

      In this issue:

      1. Winter update
      2. Collection #100: Sonvico, Archivio parrocchiale
      3. Schooltexts from Basel
      4. Fragmentology #7
      1. Winter Update

      On 12 December 2024, e-codices published 20 medieval manuscripts. The update includes: a series of criminal  and mortgage registers from Appenzell, a precious volume of High-Alemannic prose adaptations of verse epics from Schaffhausen, and a volumes of sermons and materials for preaching from St. Gall.

      > To the manuscripts
      2. Collection #100: Sonvico, Archivio parrocchiale

      With this update, e-codices welcomes collection #100: the Parochial Archive of Sonvico, in the Canton of Ticino. Codice #1 is a late-fourteenth century missal from Northern Italy that was adapted to Sonvico likely at the foundation of the parish in 1419. It served the parish well through the eighteenth century, and major events were recorded on its pages. Around 1900, it was plundered for its miniatures.

      > Study this missal
      3. Schooltexts from Basel

      Also in the update are four scholastic manuscripts from Basel. One is a rare collection of William of Ockham's works, which may have come from the Franciscan Convent. The other three come from the Basel Charterhouse. They feature a copy of the Novus Grecismus, used in teaching basic Latin grammar, and two fifteenth-century commissioned copies of philosophical texts, mostly Aristotle, with glosses made from Thomas Aquinas and Albertus Magnus. One of these also features the last part of Abu Ali ibn Sina's al-Shifa, known in Latin as Avicenna's Metaphysica.

      > Head Back to School
      4. Fragmentology #7

      The Center for Manuscript Research – University of Fribourg published today Fragmentology 7 (2024), featuring an array of articles, research notes, project reports, a book review, and a conference report. The volume in particular shows how digital techniques can add valuable perspectives on manuscript study.

      > See the latest issue

      Happy Holidays!

      The e-codices team extends its warmest greetings to its readers for the holiday season, and offers best wishes for the 2025!

      (Image: Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 101, f. 99v)