Complete digitised documents from Swiss collections

In Manuscriptorium, you can newly browse and study over 2,600 digitised manuscripts from more than 80 Swiss libraries and archives! These books can be accessed via Manuscriptorium owing to the long-term collaboration with the digital library e-codices that fulfils the role of the Swiss national aggregator for the local digitised collections of old manuscripts. The greatest number of these manuscripts come from one of the most significant libraries in European history – Abbey Library of Saint Gall that enshrines an absolutely unique collection of hundreds of manuscripts from the Carolingian and Ottonian Renaissance (8th–11th century). Further collections of pan-European importance are found e.g. in the Basel University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Basel), Martin Bodmer Foundation in Cologne (Fondation Martin Bodmer), Einsiedeln Monastery Library (Stiftsbibliothek – Kloster Einsiedeln), and Genève Municipal Library (Bibliothèque de Genève).

Our warm thanks for the access to the above-mentioned manuscripts go to Professor Christoph Flüeler, the founder and head of the e-codices project.