Carl de Boor (Byzantinist)

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Carl de Boor (full name Carl Gotthard de Boor , born March 24, 1848 in Hamburg , † January 31, 1923 in Marburg ) was a German Byzantinist and librarian .

Career

Carl de Boor was the son of the Hamburg high school teacher Carl de Boor (1810-1853) and Auguste Schwartze (1813-1862). Auguste Schwartze was the daughter of the Hamburg combiner Gerhard Gabriel Schwartze. After the death of his parents, he moved to Ratzeburg at the age of 14 , where a family of teachers took over the further education. In 1868 de Boor began studying classical philology , archeology and history at the University of Bonn . He took part as a volunteer in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. When he took command in the Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande after the death of all officers and occupied an important position, he was awarded the Iron Cross for this. He continued his studies from fall 1871 to the end of 1872 at the University of Berlin continued, on January 15, 1873 where he became Dr. phil. received his doctorate. During his studies he became a member of the Academic Liedertafel Berlin in the Sondershäuser Association in 1872/73 . In June 1879 he started as a volunteer at the University Library in Berlin and eight months later became an assistant at the Royal Library in Berlin. His most important teacher at this time, Theodor Mommsen , aroused de Boor's interest in Byzantine manuscripts, which de Boor began to compare. Mommsen also advised de Boor to do his habilitation. During this time, study trips took de Boor to England (1874), Greece (1876), Italy (1895 and 1898) and Spain (1899), where he worked in monastery libraries.

De Boor had married Manon Meyer (1851–1952) as early as October 1880. The children Wolfgang and Manon were born in 1881 and 1883, the sons Helmut de Boor in 1891 and Werner de Boor in 1899. In May 1886, de Boor became custodian at the Bonn University Library , but in the same year he moved to Breslau , where he was employed as a librarian and later received as senior librarian. In 1897 de Boor was awarded the title of professor.

After his retirement, de Boor moved to Marburg in 1909, where he died on January 31, 1923.

power

As a student of Mommsen, de Boor turned to the sources of Byzantine history at an early stage and carried out important manuscript studies. His editions are still important for the subject today. He devoted himself to questions of tradition and source studies and made an important contribution to the development of modern Byzantine philology.

Publications (selection)

  • Nicephori archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Opuscula historica, Accedit Ignatii diaconi Vita Nicephori . 1880.
  • Theophanis Chronographia . 2 volumes, 1883–85.
  • Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae . 1887.
  • Vita Euthymii . 1888
  • Directory of the Greek manuscripts in the Berlin library . Vol. 2, 1897
  • Excerpta de Legationibus I-II = Excerpta Historica iussu Imp. Constantini Porphyrogeniti confecta Vol. 1, 1-2, 1903.
  • Excerpta de insidiis = Excerpta Historica iussu Imp. Constantini Porphyrogeniti confecta Vol. 1, 3, 1905.
  • Georgii Monachi Chronicon I-II. 1904.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Carl de Boor  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 915 No. 5720, p. 58 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Otto Grübel, Special Houses Association of German Student Choral Societies (SV): Cartel address book. As of March 1, 1914. Munich 1914, p. 1.
personal data
SURNAME Boor, Carl de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boor, Carl Gotthard de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Byzantinist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1923
Place of death Marburg