Franz Unterkircher
Franz Unterkircher (born September 29, 1904 in St. Jakob in Defereggen , † January 28, 1989 in Vienna ) was an Austrian art historian .
Life
He attended high school in Brixen from 1914 to 1922 and studied scholastic philosophy and theology at the University of Innsbruck . In 1932 he graduated as Dr. theol. off and went to Vienna. Retired in 1939 for political reasons, he studied art history at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1942 with the dissertation The Meaning of the German Double Choirs . From 1943 he worked in the Federal Monuments Office . He worked in the library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and in 1947 moved to the Austrian National Library , whose manuscript collection he headed from 1950 to 1969.
Fonts (selection)
- Burgundian breviary. The most beautiful miniatures from the Book of Hours of Mary of Burgundy (Codex Vindobonensis 1857) . Graz 1974, ISBN 3-201-00874-5 .
- On the iconography and liturgy of the Drogo sacramentary. (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Ms. Lat. 9428) . Graz 1977, ISBN 3-201-00993-8 .
- Maximilian I. An imperial commissioner of illustrated manuscripts . Hamburg 1983, ISBN 3-921743-27-3 .
- Animals, belief, superstition. The most beautiful miniatures from the bestiary . Graz 1986, ISBN 3-201-01338-2 .
Web links
- Unterkircher, Franz . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
- data.onb.ac.at
Josef Karabacek (1899–1904, director of the court library ) | Karl Wessely (1904–1922, curator “extra statum” ) | Theodor Seif (1923–1930, Oriental Department ) | Hans Gerstinger (1923–1936, until 1931 Greek department , then overall management ) | Walter Till (1936–1942 and 1948–1951) | Franz Unterkircher (1951–1956, official director, actually director of the manuscript collection ) | Herbert Hunger (1956–1962) | Helene Loebenstein (1962–1984) | Hermann Harrauer (1984-2005) | Cornelia Römer (2005–2009) | Bernhard Palme (since 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Unterkircher, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Jakob in Defereggen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1989 |
| Place of death | Vienna |