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http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/newsletter/archive/issue-08.htm" By this last update of the year, e-codices has grown by another 59 manuscripts. We have reached a total of 961 manuscripts from 42 different collections. Particularly strong growth has come above all from two libraries: the Burgerbibliothek in Bern and a collection of privately held manuscripts. With another six manuscripts, the Burgerbibliothek in Bern doubled its offering.In addition to several Swiss Illustrated Chronicles (see below), a manuscript with works by Guillaume de Machaut was made available, the digitization of which was co-financed by a research project at Stanford University and at the University of Virginia. Another outstanding Bernese manuscript from the collection of Jacques Bongars is the „Liber de laudibus sanctae crucis“ by Hrabanus Maurus with 23 whole-page figure poems. Equally gratifying is the strong increase of manuscripts in the library “Utopia”, which contains privately held manuscripts. Ten outstanding books of hours have been made available to the public by a private collector via e-codices. [...]“The great illustrated Chronicles are part of the most precious legacy that medieval Switzerland has bequeathed to us,” writes Carl Paff (Die Welt der Schweizer Bilderchroniken, Schwyz 1991, p. 9). Among the best known Swiss illustrated chronicles, three stand out and, thanks to the generous support of the Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation, they are now freely accessible. The Burgerbibliothek in Bern has digitally published Diebold Schilling’s (circa 1436/39 – 1486) three volume “Official Schilling” („Amtlicher Schilling“, 1478-1483) as well as his “Spiezer Schilling” (1484/85). In addition, e-codices has made available in its entirety Werner Schodoler’s three volume “Swiss Chronicle” (Eidgenössische Chronik, 1514-1532). Today the three volumes of the chronicle are held in three different locations: the Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek in Überlingen (Vol. 1), the City Archive in Bremgarten (Vol. 2) and the Cantonal Library of Aargau (Vol. 3)." Schodoler-Handschrift in Überlingen