Engadin (Switzerland)

Hiking in Lower Engadin: San Niclà (above) and Sur En (below). More info about Engadin: lexicon, water, museums, wikipedia.
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St. Gallen - Abbey Library

Maps and atlases from 8th to 18th century - exhibition in the Abbey Library of St. Gallen.

Sed ideo aequinoctialis circulus inhabitabilis est quia sol per medium caelum currens nimium his locis facit fervorem. Codex 240, Chelles-sur-Marne monastery, about 800 CE.

Si quis diligit me sermonem meum servabit. Et pater meus diligit eum et ad eum veniemus et mansionem apud eum faciemus. Codex 367, St. Gallen monastery, about 840 CE.

Paradisus est locus in orientis partibus constitutus cuius vocabulum ex greco in latinum vertitur ortus. Porro hebraice Eden dicitur quod in nostra lingua delicie interpretatur quod utrumque iunctum facit ortum deliciarum, est enim omni genere ligni et pomiferarum arborum consitus habens etiam lignum vite. Incunabulum 800, Augsburg 1472 November 19.

Would you like to learn reading old manuscripts? Have an on-line training in Adfontes (registration is free). There are other interesting Adfontes sites, like here and here , or have a look at Wikipedia (St. Gallen, and abbey of St. Gall); see also Codices Electronici Sangallenses (CESG) – Virtual Library.

St. Gallen - Switzerland

Recently I had a nice day in St. Gallen (Switzerland) - but let's begin with the night in a remarkable little hotel: Hotel am Ring
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