3-524: The Commenta Bernensia , also known as the Bern scholia , are commentaries or marginal notes in a 9th-century manuscript, Cod. 370, preserved in the Burgerbibliothek of Berne , Switzerland . The commentaries relate to classical Latin texts, including Lucan 's De Bello Civili , and Vergil 's Eclogues and Georgics (see Filargirius ). The commentary expands on a reference of Lucan's to
6-755: The Reformation . Until 1951 it belonged jointly to the city and the University of Bern , and was supported by the Canton of Bern and by the Community of Burghers of Bern. The collection of the library includes the illustrated late mediaeval historical chronicle Berner Chronik written by Diebold Schilling the Elder , Liber ad honorem Augusti . It contains about 30 000 pictorial documents about Bern and about 1 000 precious codices, some of them from
9-462: The druidic human sacrifice to Teutates (Mercury), Esus (Mars) and Taranis (Jupiter). It states that victims dedicated to Teutates were drowned, those dedicated to Esus were hanged and those to Taranis were burned. Burgerbibliothek of Berne The Burgerbibliothek of Berne ( German : Burgerbibliothek Bern ) is a public library located at Münstergasse 63 in Bern , Switzerland. The origins of this institution can be traced back to
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