Codices Palatini germanici

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Cod. Pal. germ. 1 (around 1538), sheet 1r: Planet treatise
Cod. Pal. germ. 848 (around 1300, additions up to around 1340), sheet 124r: Walther von der Vogelweide

Codices Palatini germanici (older spelling: Codices Palatini Germani , technical name: Cod. Pal. Germ. , Abbreviation: Cpg ) are the German-language manuscripts from the former Bibliotheca Palatina in Heidelberg. There are 848 codices that are now kept in the Heidelberg University Library - the fourth largest collection of medieval German manuscripts after Berlin, Munich and Vienna.

Particularly noteworthy is the large proportion of books on medicine and alchemy, the special preferences of the Palatinate electors. This group consists of 298 volumes. Other holdings: 235 volumes on theology, 120 on history, calendars, form and family records, 100 literature, 30 astrology, 20 law, 20 war and fireworks books.

history

During the Thirty Years War , the manuscripts and prints of the Bibliotheca Palatina were brought to the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome. Most of them were reintegrated there, rearranged and given the signatures that are still valid today. The latter was probably carried out around 1675 by Augustine Grimanus, who was a scribe for Hebrew, Latin and German.

As a result of the Congress of Vienna returned in 1816 , the 847 German manuscripts in the Palatinate back and have since been kept in Heidelberg. The manuscript cpg 848, the world-famous Codex Manesse , did not come to Germany until 1888 from the Paris Royal Library , where it was kept for 230 years. Most of the Latin manuscripts (Codices Palatini latini or cpl for short) as well as the printed volumes are still in Rome today. Only the codices with the call numbers 52 (Otfried handwriting), 454, 1735, 1854 and 1912 (four volumes on university history) returned to Heidelberg in 1816.

Friedrich Wilken obtained the first list of the returned manuscripts the following year. Further catalogs come from Karl Bartsch (1887), Jakob Wille (1903) and Hans Wegener (1927). During the Second World War, the manuscripts were stored in different locations, most recently in a salt mine, where they survived the end of the war unscathed. Between 1961 and 1963 130 volumes were restored, ink and paint damage was removed and damaged bindings repaired.

Overview - Lists of the Codices Palatini germanici 1–848

For a better overview, the total list of 848 codes is divided into nine individual lists with a maximum of 100 entries:

literature

Library catalogs

The modern library catalogs, with scientific descriptions according to the guidelines of the DFG , list all 848 manuscripts of the Codices Palatini germanici and are completely available on the Internet; the corresponding catalog entries are linked to the digital copies of the respective manuscripts:

  • Karin Zimmermann (arrangement), with the participation of Sonja Glauch , Matthias Miller, Armin Schlechter : The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library, Volume 6. Reichert Verlag , Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-89500-152-9 ( digitized version ).
  • Matthias Miller, Karin Zimmermann (arrangement): The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 182–303) . Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library, Volume 7. Harrassowitz Verlag , Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3-447-05030-2 ( digitized version ).
  • Matthias Miller, Karin Zimmermann (arrangement): The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 304–495) . Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library, Volume 8. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-447-05229-0 ( digitized version ).
  • Pamela Kalning, Matthias Miller, Karin Zimmermann (editing), with the collaboration of Lennart Güntzel: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 496–670) . Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library, Volume 9. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-447-10146-2 ( digitized version ).
  • Pamela Kalning, Matthias Miller, Karin Zimmermann (editing): The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 671–848) . Catalogs of Heidelberg University Library, Volume 12. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2016, ISBN 978-3-447-10146-2 ( digitized version ).

Older catalogs:

  • Friedrich Wilken : History of the formation, robbery and destruction of the old Heidelberg book collections [...] together with a [...] directory of the manuscripts returned to the University of Heidelberg in 1816 . August Oswald's Universitäts-Buchhandlung, Heidelberg 1817 ( digitized version ).
  • Karl Bartsch : The old German manuscripts of the university library in Heidelberg . Catalog of the manuscripts of the university library in Heidelberg, volume 1. Verlag von Gustav Koester, Heidelberg 1887 ( digitized version ).
  • Jakob Wille : The German Palatinate Manuscripts of the XVI. and XVII. Century of the university library in Heidelberg . With an appendix: the manuscripts of the Batt'schen library. Catalog of the manuscripts of the university library in Heidelberg, volume 2. Verlag von Gustav Koester, Heidelberg 1903 ( digitized version ).
  • Hans Wegener : Descriptive directory of the German picture manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library . J. J. Weber publishing house bookstore, Leipzig 1927 ( digitized version ).
  • Wilfried Werner: Cimelia Heidelbergensia. 30 illuminated manuscripts from Heidelberg University Library. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-920153-41-3 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Codices Palatini germanici  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ on the information in this section cf. the statements on the website of the Heidelberg University Library: The Bibliotheca Palatina - fates of a world-famous library and state of research ; accessed January 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ This division is based on that of the Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina digital: Codices Palatini germanici ; accessed December 21, 2019.