Hans Butzmann

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Hans Hermann Paul Butzmann (born October 31, 1903 in Ballenstedt ; † July 16, 1982 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German librarian , Germanist and manuscript scholar.

Life

Hans Butzmann was born in 1903 in Ballenstedt on the north-eastern edge of the Harz Mountains . He studied German , English and history in Heidelberg , Jena and Göttingen . He received his doctorate in 1930 in Göttingen under Friedrich Neumann with a thesis on the linguistic style of Konrad von Würzburg . In 1931, Butzmann began his library training at the Göttingen University Library , which he continued at the Prussian State Library in Berlin . There he was strongly influenced by the manuscript researcher Emil Jacobs . His contact with the art historian Wilhelm Vöge was also formative . In 1934 he moved to the Dessau State Library as a librarian, and took over its management in 1941.

After the end of the Second World War , Butzmann worked at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel from October 1, 1948 . There he was head of the manuscript collection and deputy library director until 1968. He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen and the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen .

His scientific work included research and editions from the 6th to the 9th to the 19th century ( Wilhelm Raabe ). The cataloging of Wolfenbüttel manuscripts can be seen as Butzmann's greatest achievement. The three catalogs were published between 1964 and 1972. In doing so, he continued the manuscript description in Wolfenbüttel, which had been interrupted for decades.

Hans Butzmann died at the age of 78 in July 1982 in Wolfenbüttel.

Fonts (selection)

  • Studies on the language of Konrad von Würzburg. Wuerzburg 1930.
  • Memory of Wilhelm Vöge . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, 12, 1958, pp. 211–218.
  • The Weißenburg manuscripts. Catalogs of the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel. The new series 10. Frankfurt am Main 1964. ( online )
  • The Blankenburg manuscripts. Catalogs of the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel. The new series 11. Frankfurt am Main 1966. ( online )
  • Lessing's bourgeois tragedy “Tonsine”: reflections on a previously lost draft. In: Yearbook of the Free German Hochstift, 1966, pp. 109–118.
  • Corpus agrimensorum romanorum. Codex Arcerianus A of the Herzog-August-Bibliothek zu Wolfenbüttel (Cod. Guelf. 36.23 A). Sijthoff, Leiden 1970, ISBN 90-218-9230-8 ( Codices Graeci et Latini photographice depicti 22).
  • The medieval manuscripts of the Extravagantes, Novi and Novissimi groups. Catalogs of the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel. The new series 15. Frankfurt am Main 1972. ( online )
  • Lessing's monument in Wolfenbüttel. A prelude to the history of Lessing worship. Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel 1982.

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personal data
SURNAME Butzmann, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Butzmann, Hans Hermann Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian, Germanist and manuscript scholar
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Ballenstedt
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1982
Place of death Wolfenbüttel