Germanica
Germanica is a Latin neuter plural adjective that can be used generally to denote "German" or "Germanic". In the German book and library system, this means foreign-language publications about Germany that are published abroad, whereas in foreign libraries it means books that come from German-speaking countries. Germanica are part of the collection mandate of the German National Library .
Examples
- Biblia Germanica , a name for the German translation of the Bible by Martin Luther
- Manuscripta Germanica , a medieval manuscript collection in the Berlin State Library
- Iris Germanica , Latin name for the German iris
- Fauna Germanica , a natural history lexicon in five volumes by Edmund Reitter about the beetle species in Germany
- Stena Germanica , a ship owned by the StenaLine shipping company, operatesthe Kiel - Gothenburg route together with its sister ship Stena Scandinavica
- Pharmacopoea Germanica , official pharmacopoeia of the German Empire [1]
- Germanica , a German studies journal published by the University of Lille III , the Université du Littoral and the University of Valenciennes
Logically similar names
- Electronica for an over-categorization of all styles of music produced with electronic instruments
- Memorabilia for everything worth keeping that you will gladly remember in the future
See also
Remarks
- ↑ See also Birgitt Weimann: The medieval manuscripts of the group Manuscripta germanica. (= Catalogs of the City and University Library Frankfurt am Main. V, 4), Frankfurt am Main 1980.