Jochen Bepler

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Jochen Bepler (born June 13, 1951 in Frankfurt am Main ; † June 9, 2015 in Braunschweig ) was a German librarian .

Life

Jochen Bepler was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1951, his brother is the lawyer Klaus Bepler .

From 1970 to 1979 he studied German and history in Marburg and Freiburg im Breisgau with the aim of obtaining a doctorate. He then worked as a research assistant with a research grant at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel. From 1986 he also received his training in librarianship at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel and at the University of Applied Sciences for Library and Documentation in Cologne . The dissertation announced in 1987 did not reach its conclusion. He then headed the city ​​library in Wolfenbüttel.

From 1989 he was a scientific librarian in the Hildesheim Cathedral Library, a library with an important historical book inventory that became an independent institution in 1993. Jochen Bepler was appointed its director in 1993 and was this until his death in 2015. During his tenure, he oversaw the publication of the facsimile edition of the Albani Psalter .

From 1997 to 2011 Bepler was chairman of the Working Group on Catholic Theological Libraries . He was still active in the field of book restoration and binding research .

Publications (selection)

  • Liturgical splendor and private piety. Book covers at the turn of the 20th century . Edited by Jochen Bepler and Alessandra Sorbello Staub on behalf of the Joint Old Holdings Commission of Church Libraries. Aschendorff, Münster 2017, ISBN 978-3-402-13098-8 .
  • Church and comics. An approximation. In: Yearbook of ecclesiastical books and libraries NF 2, 2014, pp. 117–126.
  • The Albani Psalter. Status and perspectives of research , Olms, Hildesheim 2013 (Hildesheimer Forschungen; 4), ed. by Jochen Bepler, ISBN 978-3-487-14835-9 .
  • Small town history of Wolfenbüttel , Pustet, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7917-2328-0 .
  • Claustrum sine amario. About dealing with monastery libraries. In: the minster . Special 2011: Books and Libraries . Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2011, pp. 324–329.
  • Geddes, Jane: The Albani Psalter: a splendid English manuscript of the 12th century for Christina von Markyate ( The St. Albans psalter ). On behalf of the Cathedral Library Hildesheim trans. and ed. by Jochen Bepler. - 2nd edition - Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7954-1751-2 .
  • The Psalms: Standard translation with images from the Albani Psalter , Cathedral Library Hildesheim, Psalmi <German>, Ed .: Jochen Bepler. - Stuttgart: Verl. Kath. Bibelwerk, 2010, ISBN 978-3-460-32070-3 .
  • The Albani Psalter: Commentary Volume , by Jochen Bepler; Peter Kidd; Jane Geddes. - Simbach am Inn: Müller & Schindler, 2008. ([The Albani Psalter: faithful facsimile edition of the illuminated manuscript HS St. God. 1 of the Hildesheim Cathedral Library ..., as well as the fragment of the Inv. No. M694 Schnütgen Museum, Cologne = The St. Alban's Psalter = El Salterio San Albans]; [Comm.]), ISBN 978-84-96254-28-2 .
  • Preservation of historical book collections. In: Yearbook Kirchliches Buch- und Bibliothekswesen 4 (2004), 2004, pp. 165–175.
  • Mercury's own text. Axel Malik's installations in context. In: Heinecke / Scherer [ed.]: Axel Malik. The scriptural method . Reute 2005, pp. 38-45.
  • Contribution and character of academic libraries sponsored by the church with a view to Bavaria. In: Bibliotheksforum Bayern 31 (2003), pp. 162–170.
  • The church library as an alternative. In: Church libraries in the mission of the Church . Edited by the Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference. Bonn, 2003, pp. 73-84.
  • Scientific library in a church context. In: Helmut Baier, Helmut (Ed.): Shaping culture in a "slim" church . Neustadt ad Aisch, 2002, pp. 49-59.
  • The binding of an object and its intrinsic value. In: Wolfenbütteler Notizen zur Buchgeschichte 26, 2001, pp. 51–64.
  • Books. In: Restauratio Ecclesiae. The Diocese of Hildesheim in the 19th century [exhibition catalog]. Hildesheim, 2000, pp. 241-266.
  • Restoration: benefit and risk for the client. In: Wolfenbütteler Notizen zur Buchgeschichte 25 (2000), pp. 15-23.
  • Library building for old holdings. Experiences with the Hildesheim Cathedral Library. In: Conservation and restoration of manuscripts and old prints . Erfurt, 1998, pp. 72-85.
  • The library as a total work of art: the place. In: book ¦ picture. A glass installation by Walter Maaß for the Hildesheim Cathedral Library . Hildesheim 1998, pp. 7-13.
  • The thousand year old cathedral library Hildesheim in the new building. History and conception. In: Mitteilungsblatt der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholisch-Theologischer Bibliotheken 44 (1997), pp. 168-183.
  • A new house for the oldest library in Northern Germany. In: library. Research and Practice 21 (1997) pp. 77-84; and in: Peterburgskaja bibliotecnaja sckola 3/4 (1998), pp. 45-51.
  • The Hildesheim fraternity. In: The cathedral library Hildesheim: Book fates . Hildesheim 1996, pp. 107-125. ISBN 3-7698-0882-7 .
  • The new building of the Hildesheim Cathedral Library. In: Die Diözese Hildesheim 62 (1994), pp. 293-299.
  • Bookseller, merchant and citizen. The beginnings of Gerstenberg Verlag as reflected in its time. In: Paul Raabe (ed.): From St. Petersburg to Hildesheim. Festschrift for the 200th anniversary of the Gerstenberg family. Hildesheim 1992, pp. 55-83.
  • The Hildesheim Cathedral Library. In: Medieval manuscripts of the cathedral library Hildesheim [exhibition catalog]. Wolfenbüttel 1991, pp. 11-26.
  • Book and book possession in Hildesheim between 1600 and 1650. In: Kitchen, Cellar, Kemenate. Everyday life in the cathedral courtyard around 1600 . [Exhibition catalog] Hildesheim 1990, pp. 56–69.
  • As a reminder of our frailty. On the typology of the collector Ferdinand Albrecht von Braunschweig-Lüneburg. In: Baroque lust for collecting. The library and art chamber of Duke Ferdinand Albrecht of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (= exhibition catalogs of the Duke August Library Wolfenbüttel 57). Weinheim 1988, pp. 13-23.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jochen Bepler: Obituary notice. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 13, 2015, accessed on June 16, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Respublica Guelpherbytana. Festschrift for Paul Raabe , edited by August Buck and Martin Bircher. Wolfenbüttel contributions to Renaissance and Baroque research. Amsterdam 1987 (Chloe, Supplements to Daphnis Volume 6), p. 339.
  3. ↑ Jochen Bepler passed away. The director of the cathedral library was 63 years old. (No longer available online.) Diocese of Hildesheim , June 11, 2015, archived from the original on June 20, 2015 ; accessed on June 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bistum-hildesheim.de

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SURNAME Bepler, Jochen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 2015
Place of death Braunschweig