Armin Schlechter

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Armin Schlechter (born April 11, 1960 in Heidelberg ) is a German librarian and Germanist . From 1996 to November 2007 he was head of the manuscripts and old prints department of the Heidelberg University Library and moved to the Palatinate State Library in Speyer in the same function on April 1, 2008 .

Live and act

Worse studied at the University of Heidelberg German Studies, Medieval Latin and medieval and modern history and was in 1991 at Lothar Voetz Dr. phil. PhD. Then he worked for a few years as a research assistant at the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe . After completing his traineeship in the library from 1994 to 1996 at the Heidelberg University Library and the Library School in Frankfurt am Main, he became a library assessor in 1996, a library councilor in 1998 and a senior library councilor at the Heidelberg university library in 2000. From 1996 to the end of 2007 he was head of the manuscripts and old prints department with around 80,000 volumes. During this time, the cataloging and digitization of the Codices Palatini germanici as well as the rebuilding of the rarity collection began. He was also responsible for the bequests kept in the library and the annual exhibitions, each accompanied by richly illustrated catalogs. From December 2007 he was scientific director of the project for cataloging the Codices Salemitani at the Heidelberg University Library. Schlechter is also a lecturer at the German Department of Heidelberg University and a member of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg . His academic work focuses on the history of books and libraries in southwest Germany and the Heidelberg Romanticism.

In 2005 Armin Schlechter published a find in the exhibition catalog Die edel kunst der truckerey that he had made while working on incunabula. In a handwritten marginal note in an incunable with the letters of friend from Cicero , Agostino Vespucci , employee of the Florence office and friend of Machiavelli , mentions three works by Leonardo da Vinci , including a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo . The entry, dated October 1503, is an important indication that the painting of the Mona Lisa preserved today in the Louvre is actually a portrait of the aforementioned merchant's wife. The find, published for the second time in November 2007, received worldwide press coverage in January 2008. An essay in English on this complex was most recently published in 2010.

At the end of November 2007, Armin Schlechter was deprived of the management of the manuscript department, which also published the find without consulting him. Although numerous specialist scientists related themselves for Schlechter, the university administration refused to give him any support.

In the Palatinate State Library, which is part of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Library Center, Armin Schlechter has been responsible for the old holdings since April 1, 2008, with the exception of English studies. Under his leadership, exhibitions on the house's bindings, the geophysicist Georg von Neumayer and the Vormärz politician Johann Georg August Wirth were prepared, each with scientific catalogs.

Publications (selection)

  • The Old High German Arator glosses of the manuscript Rome Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal. Lat. 1716 and related glossings . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-20335-7 (= Studies on Old High German , Volume 20, also dissertation, Heidelberg 1990).
  • Scholars and monastery libraries in the Heidelberg University Library. An overview . University Library, Heidelberg 1990, ISBN 3-927705-13-6 (= Heidelberger Bibliotheksschriften , Volume 43).
  • with Michael Rother: The songs and sayings of the Heidelberger Wunderhorn Collection . University Library, Heidelberg 1992, ISBN 3-927705-12-8 (= Heidelberger Bibliotheksschriften , Volume 49).
  • (Ed.): Heidelberg in old views . European Library, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands 1993, ISBN 90-288-5741-9 .
  • with Peter Seng (photographs): Bergheim - yesterday and today . HVA, Heidelberg 1996, ISBN 3-8253-7088-7 .
  • (Ed.): Precious items of collected history. Heidelberg and the Palatinate in certificates from the university library . Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0862-6 (= publications of the Heidelberg University Library , Volume 1).
  • with Gerhard Stamm, Kurt Hannemann, Andreas Degkwitz: The small provenances . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 3-447-04373-3 (= The manuscripts of the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe , Volume 13).
  • with Petra Schaffrodt, Werner Moritz: Estate directory of Dr. Marie Baum (1874–1964). A life of social responsibility. Heath. Hs. 3675 . Winter, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-8253-1133-3 (= publications of the Heidelberg University Library , Volume 2).
  • with Manfred Stange: inventory of Gustav Radbruch (1878–1949). Science and politics, Heid. Hs 3716 . Winter, Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-8253-0838-3 (= publications of the Heidelberg University Library , Volume 3).
  • Gustav Radbruch. 1878-1949. Contemporary witness of the 20th century between law and politics . Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 2002, ISBN 3-89735-199-4 (= writings / archive and museum of the University of Heidelberg , volume 6).
  • with Matthias Miller, Karin Zimmermann: From Ottheinrich to Carl Theodor. Magnificent bindings from three centuries . Winter, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8253-1525-8 (= publications of the Heidelberg University Library , Volume 4).
  • with Ulrich Knapp, Bernd Konrad: From Lake Constance to the Neckar. Book treasures from the library of the Cistercian monastery Salem in the Heidelberg University Library. Winter [u. a.], Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8253-1547-9 (= publications of the Heidelberg University Library , Volume 5).
  • with Frieder Hepp (ed.): "And give you an artless song". Poet in transit . Ubstadt-Weiher, Heidelberg 2004 and Verlag Regionalkultur, Basel 2004, ISBN 3-89735-292-3 .
  • The fine art of truckerey. Selected incunabula from the Heidelberg University Library . Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5059-2 (= publications of the Heidelberg University Library , Volume 6).
  • with Frank Engehausen , Susan Richter : Georg Gottfried Gervinus 1805–1871. Scholar - politician - publicist . Verlag Regionalkultur, Heidelberg [u. a.] 2005, ISBN 3-89735-445-4 (= Writings / Archive and Museum of the University of Heidelberg , Volume 9).
  • with Martina Rebmann: A boy on a fast horse. The romance in Heidelberg . Winter, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-8253-5202-1 (= publications of the Heidelberg University Library , Volume 7).
  • The romance in Heidelberg. Brentano, Arnim and Görres am Neckar . Winter, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 3-8253-5385-0 .
  • with Frank Engehausen, Jürgen Paul Schwindt: Friedrich Creuzer 1771–1858. Philology and Mythology in the Age of Romanticism . Verlag Regionalkultur, Heidelberg [u. a.] 2008, ISBN 978-3-89735-530-9 (= Writings / Archive and Museum of the University of Heidelberg , Volume 12).
  • Eye candy and protection. Bindings from the 15th to 17th centuries. From the holdings of the Palatinate State Library Speyer, LBZ . Koblenz 2008, ISSN  1861-6224 (= publications of the State Library Center Rhineland-Palatinate , Volume 4), online .
  • (Ed.): Peace sermon in Germany in 1808 given by Jean Paul . Winter, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8253-2008-9 (= annual edition 2008/2009 ).
  • with Hans-Jochen Kretzer: From the Palatinate into the world. Georg von Neumayer's library. From the holdings of the Palatinate State Library Speyer and Pollichia - Association for Nature Research and State Care eV LBZ, Koblenz 2009, ISSN  1861-6224 (= publications of the State Library Center Rhineland-Palatinate , Volume 5), online .
  • with Ludwig Ries: Catalog of the incunabula of the Heidelberg University Library, the Institute for the History of Medicine and the Heidelberg City Archives . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-06073-8 (= incunabula in Baden-Württemberg. Inventory catalogs , volume 3).
  • (Ed.): Fighters for freedom and democracy. Johann Georg August Wirth . Foundation for the Promotion of Palatine Historical Research, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2010, ISBN 978-3-942189-07-1 (= Foundation for the Promotion of Palatinate Historical Research , Series B, Volume 12).
  • with Sigrid Hubert-Reichling, Jutta Schwan: "ufm schnitt verguldet". Gold cuts from the ducal collection of the Bibliotheca Bipontina in Zweibrücken . LBZ, Zweibrücken 2010, ISSN  1861-6224 (= publications of the State Library Center Rhineland-Palatinate Volume 6).
  • (Ed.): Comoedia divina with three prefaces by Peter Hammer, Jean Paul and the editor . Winter, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-2010-2 (= annual edition 2010/2011 ).
  • Bibliotheca Abbatiae beatae Mariae virginis ad Lacum. Zimelien from the library of the Benedictine monastery Maria Laach . Ed .: State Library Center Rhineland-Palatinate. Fig .: Ralf Niemeyer, Koblenz, 2013, online .
  • Ex Bibliotheca Lycei Spirensis. Binding from the 16th to 18th centuries from the library of the grammar school at the Kaiserdom in Speyer , publisher: Landesbibliothekszentrum Rheinland-Pfalz, Ill .: Ralf Niemeyer, Koblenz, 2012, online .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Armin Schlechter: Ita Leonardus Vincius facit in omnibus suis picturis. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa in a Heidelberg Cicero incunabulum and its history , in: Robert Kretzschmar, Sönke Lorenz (eds.): Leonardo da Vinci and Heinrich Schickhardt. For the transfer of technical knowledge in premodern Europe . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-17-021748-5 , pp. 242-284; Armin Schlechter: Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' in a Marginal Note in a Cicero Incunable , in: Bettina Wagner , Marcia Reed (Eds.): Early Printed Books as Material Objects. Proceedings of the Conference Organized by the IFLA Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Munich, 19-21. August 2009 . De Gruyter / Saur, Berlin, New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-025324-5 (= IFLA Publications , Volume 149), pp. 151-173; Armin Schlechter: Ita Leonardus Vincius facit in omnibus suis picturis. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and the Cicero philology from Angelo Poliziano to Johann Georg Graevius ( IASLonline ).
personal data
SURNAME Worse, Armin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg