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

• Germania from Tacitus

Remarks

1. ↑ 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.