Library of the Philosophical-Theological University of Brixen

The Brixen baroque library

The library of the Philosophical-Theological University of Bressanone is a publicly accessible scientific specialist library for theology and philosophy in Bressanone , which also functions as a diocesan library for the diocese of Bozen-Bressanone . Since the university goes back to the seminary founded in 1607, it is usually referred to as the library of the Brixen seminary . It consists of the historical baroque library and the new library.

The new library was considerably expanded and rebuilt in 1997 when the Free University of Bolzano was founded . At the moment (2020) the inventory comprises almost 160,000 media. In addition to around 260 current journals, daily and weekly magazines can also be consulted. The library is part of the network of scientific libraries in South Tyrol, whose library catalog can be used to access the holdings.

Noteworthy are the important old holdings and their placement in a late baroque library with paintings by Franz Anton Zeiller, created between 1764 and 1771 under Prince-Bishop Leopold von Spaur . The ceiling is supported by two pillars, which are supposed to symbolize the writing and the tradition. More than 20,000 pamphlets are still displayed in this room today.

About 120 of the manuscripts date from the Middle Ages. The library holds over 300 incunabula and around 2000 prints from the 16th century.

literature

Irmgard Plankensteiner: The Brixen court painter Franz Anton Zeiller: 1716–1794 . University of Innsbruck 1978.
Karl Gruber : The seminary in Brixen - with the Holy Cross Church, library and Phil. Theol. College . Bolzano: Tappeiner 1990.

Web links

Commons : Library of the Philosophical-Theological University of Bressanone - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website
Description of the baroque library
EHB project with OPAC of the stocks
Manuscript indexing
Illuminated manuscripts
German-language manuscripts
Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

Individual evidence

^ The Scientific Library South Tyrol (last accessed June 14, 2020).
↑ Hannes Obermair : Early knowledge. Looking for pre-modern forms of knowledge in Bolzano and Tyrol . In: Hans Karl Peterlini (Ed.), Universitas Est, Vol. I: Essays on the history of education in Tyrol / South Tyrol from the Middle Ages to the Free University of Bozen . Bozen: Bozen / Bolzano University Press 2008, pp. 35–87, reference pp. 83 ff.
↑ The Zimelien are described in detail in Julius Hermann, Die illuminated Manschriften in Tirol (Descriptive Directory of Illuminated Manuscripts in Austria, Vol. 1). Leipzig: Hiersemann 1905, pp. 14–44.

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[1] The Scientific Library South Tyrol (last accessed June 14, 2020).

[2] Hannes Obermair : Early knowledge. Looking for pre-modern forms of knowledge in Bolzano and Tyrol . In: Hans Karl Peterlini (Ed.), Universitas Est, Vol. I: Essays on the history of education in Tyrol / South Tyrol from the Middle Ages to the Free University of Bozen . Bozen: Bozen / Bolzano University Press 2008, pp. 35–87, reference pp. 83 ff.

[3] The Zimelien are described in detail in Julius Hermann, Die illuminated Manschriften in Tirol (Descriptive Directory of Illuminated Manuscripts in Austria, Vol. 1). Leipzig: Hiersemann 1905, pp. 14–44.