Medieval library catalogs in Germany and Switzerland

The medieval library catalogs of Germany and Switzerland are a source edition supported by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , in which the texts of the medieval library catalogs from Germany and Switzerland are scientifically sorted according to the historical dioceses .

From 1918 to 2009 four volumes were published, mainly covering southern Germany. The Austrian sister company Medieval Library Catalogs Austria was already closed in 1971.

Volumes

• Volume 1: The dioceses of Constance and Chur. Edited by Paul Lehmann. 1918; Reprinted 1969. ISBN 978-3-406-00685-2 ( original online edition )
• Volume 2: Diocese of Mainz: Erfurt. Edited by Paul Lehmann. 1928; Reprinted 1969 ISBN 978-3-406-00686-9
• Volume 3, Part 1: Diocese of Augsburg. Edited by Paul Ruf. 1932; Reprinted 1970. ISBN 978-3-406-00687-6
• Volume 3, Part 2: Diocese of Eichstätt. Edited by Paul Ruf. 1933; Reprinted 1969. ISBN 978-3-406-00688-3
• Volume 3, part 3: Diocese of Bamberg. Edited by Paul Ruf. 1939; Reprinted 1969. ISBN 978-3-406-00689-0
• Volume 3, Part 4: Register. 1962. ISBN 978-3-406-00690-6
• Volume 4, Part 1: Dioceses of Passau and Regensburg. Edited by Christine E. Ineichen-Eder. 1977. ISBN 978-3-406-00705-7 ( review )
• Volume 4, part 2: Diocese of Freising. Edited by Günter Glauche. Diocese of Würzburg. Edited by Hermann Knaus. With contributions by Bernhard Bischoff and Wilhelm Stoll. 1979. ISBN 978-3-406-00883-2
• Volume 4, Part 3: Register. Dioceses of Passau, Regensburg, Freising, Würzburg. Edited by Helmut Gneuss. 2009. ISBN 978-3-7696-0975-2

Complementary publications

As a manuscript heritage of the German Middle Ages , Sigrid Krämer published a compilation of manuscripts from medieval libraries in Germany. As a privately published database Bibliothecae codicum medii aevi. Manuscript Libraries of the European Middle Ages. Attempt to reconstruct medieval libraries in Europe based on the manuscripts that still exist today. Database of medieval libraries and their manuscripts. in Germany and other European countries. Dr. Erwin Rauner Verlag 2009–2010 it was expanded and updated. Like the manuscript inheritance, however, it drew considerable criticism.

As publications of the Commission for the Editing of Medieval Library Catalogs in Germany and Switzerland , Bernhard Bischoff published the catalog of continental manuscripts of the ninth century (with the exception of the wisigothic) , edited from the estate by Birgit Ebersperger (2 volumes, 1989-2004) and as a single publication 1993 the list of manuscript catalogs by Paul Oskar Kristeller, edited by Sigrid Krämer : Latin Manuscript Books before 1600 .

literature

• Benjamin Stello: German-language literature in libraries of the Middle Ages and the early modern period . Hamburg 2009 ISBN 978-3-8300-4126-9 (with directory of library catalogs)

Web links

• Website of the project Medieval Library Catalogs in Germany and Switzerland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Review: Krämer, Bibliothecae codicum medii aevi , accessed on February 24, 2013.
2. ↑ Latin Manuscript Books before 1600 , 5th Edition 2003 online version, accessed February 24, 2013.