3-504: The Bern Physiologus (Bern, Burgerbibliothek , Codex Bongarsianus 318) is a 9th-century illuminated copy of the Latin translation of the Physiologus . It was probably produced at Reims about 825–850. It is believed to be a copy of a 5th-century manuscript. Many of its miniatures are set, unframed, into the text block, which was a characteristic of late-antique manuscripts. It
6-524: Is one of the oldest extant illustrated copies of the Physiologus . This article about an illuminated manuscript is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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
9-755: 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
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