Brigitte Gullath

Brigitte Gullath (born July 20, 1953 - † October 7, 2012 ) was a German ancient historian and librarian .

Brigitte Gullath studied history , politics and German . In 1981, she was at the University of Munich in Siegfried Lauffer with a thesis on research into the history of Boeotia in the time of Alexander and the Successors to the Ancient History PhD . This was followed by training as a library trainee . Since 1984 Gullath was in the acquisitions department of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munichactive. In 1995 she switched to the library's manuscript department at her own request, where she had taken over the management of the manuscripts and usage department from 2005 onwards . Here she made a great contribution to research documentation and new acquisitions. She supervised facsimile projects and exhibitions and wrote various articles for catalogs. She also worked on commentary volumes.

Gullath died surprisingly at the age of 59 after a long illness.

Fonts

• Studies on the history of Boiotia in the time of Alexander and the Diadochi. (= European university publications, series 3: History and its auxiliary sciences; Volume 169), Lang, Bern-Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-8204-7026-3 .
• Editor with Hansjörg Kalcyk and Andreas Graeber : Studies on Ancient History. S. Lauffer on his 70th birthday on August 4, 1981 by friends, colleagues and students (3 volumes), Bretschneider, Rome 1986, ISBN 88-85007-70-8
• How do I find ancient literature. Classical Philology, Middle and New Latin, Byzantine Studies, Ancient History and Classical Archeology. (= Orientation aids; Volume 23), Berlin-Verlag Spitz, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-87061-207-X .
• with Ulrich Montag: Ottheinrich's German Bible. The beginning of a large book collection. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / Facsimile-Verlag, Munich / Luzern 2002, ISBN 3-9802700-8-4 . [also involved in the accompanying commentary on the facsimile edition of the manuscript Cgm 8010 / 1.2 of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich , ISBN 3-85672-080-4 .]
• with Karl-Georg Pfändtner: The Uta Codex. Early Regensburg illumination in perfection. The manuscript Clm 13601 of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. (with facsimile addition), Quaternio-Verlag, Lucerne 2012, ISBN 978-3-905924-14-5 . ( Review at Sehepunkte )
• with others: splendor on parchment. Treasures of book painting from 780 to 1180. (= Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: exhibition catalogs number 86), Hirmer, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7774-5391-0 .

literature

• Claudia Fabian: Dr. Brigitte Gullath died . In: Bibliotheksforum Bayern 2013, No. 7, p. 66 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Brigitte Gullath in the catalog of the German National Library