e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland

e-codices, which has been digitizing manuscripts from all regions of Switzerland since 2005, was founded by Prof. from the University of Fribourg. Dr. It started as an initiative of Christoph Flüeler. In his early years, St. The initiative, which started by publishing 130 manuscripts as a result of a pilot project (CESG) carried out jointly with the Monastery Library of Gall, has expanded its scope to the whole country with the generous support of institutions such as the Andrew W. Mellon and Stavros Niarchos Foundations. Today, the platform serves as the "Swiss Virtual Manuscripts Library"; It provides free online access to medieval and early modern manuscripts compiled from public, church and many private collections, and operated as part of swissuniversities' national digital infrastructure program between 2013 and 2020.