Emil Gratzl

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Emil Gratzl (born December 30, 1877 in Munich ; † January 9, 1957 ) was a German librarian and orientalist.

Life

Gratzl attended the Luitpold-Gymnasium in Munich before studying Classical Philology and Semitic Languages ​​in Munich and Marburg . In 1899 he passed his state examination and began as a trainee at the Bavarian State Library . Here he stayed his entire professional life, interrupted only by a year at the University Library of Würzburg . In 1906 he received his doctorate. In 1921 he became senior librarian, then in 1929 first director and in 1936 deputy general director. In 1921 Gratzl turned down the invitation to take over the UB Breslau, and he also turned down an offer to become general director of the Bavarian State Library. Gratzl's main field of activity was acquisition, and he also wrote the corresponding chapter in the "Handbuch der Bibliothekswissenschaft". His specialty were oriental manuscripts and book covers.

Fonts (selection)

  • The old Arabic women's names: with an introduction to the history of the Arabic personal name until the end of the Ǧâhilijja , Leipzig: Drugulin 1906 (Munich, Univ., Diss., 1906) ( online ).
  • Catalog of the exhibition of manuscripts from the Islamic cultural area in the Fürstensaal of the K. Hof- und Staatsbibliothek, Munich: Drugulin 1910.
  • Islamic book bindings from the 14th to 19th centuries: from the manuscripts of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Leipzig: Hiersemann 1924.
  • Indian miniature paintings of the Mughal period. In: Die Kunst für alle, Vol. 40 (1924/25), pp. 23–32.
  • The acquisition . In: Handbuch der Bibliothekswissenschaft, Vol. 2: Library management, Leipzig: Harrassowitz 1933, pp. 116–196.

literature

  • Alexandra Habermann et al: Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians 1925–1980 , Frankfurt a. M .: Klostermann 1985, ISBN 3-465-01664-5 , p. 99.
  • Klaus Haller , Klaus Kempf (eds.): Collecting and acquiring at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: in memoriam Emil Gratzl (1877–1957) , Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2011 (series / Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; 4), ISBN 978-3-447-06641- 9 .
personal data
SURNAME Gratzl, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian and orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1957