Otto Mazal

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Otto Mazal (born July 26, 1932 in Vienna ; † June 23, 2008 ibid) was an Austrian librarian and Byzantinist as well as director of the manuscript and incunabula collection of the Austrian National Library .

Life

Between 1950 and 1955 he studied Classical Philology at the University of Vienna , which he completed with a doctorate sub auspiciis . From 1956 to 1992 he worked at the collection of manuscripts and incunabula of the Austrian National Library, where he was director from 1970 to 1992. In 1968 he received his habilitation in Byzantine Studies at the University of Vienna. From then on, he worked there as a university lecturer at the Institute for Byzantine and Neo-Greek Studies. He was a corresponding member of the philosophical-historical class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

Mazal has written over 160 independent publications and specialist articles as well as at least 89 articles for specialist dictionaries. He was a co-founder of the Codices Manuscripti magazine .

Otto Mazal was buried at the Ober Sankt Veiter Friedhof in Vienna.

Otto Mazal was married and had three children. Since 1950 he was a member of the Catholic student association KÖStV Austria Vienna in the ÖCV .

Awards

  • Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae
  • Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
  • Large gold medal for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
  • Silver medal of the state of Upper Austria
  • Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Vienna
  • Dr. Josef Bick Medal of Honor in bronze, silver and gold from the Association of Austrian Librarians
  • Awarded the professional title of extraordinary university professor by the Federal President in 1976 (based on the resolution of the Federal President in Federal Law Gazette II No. 49/2008, the professional title of university professor has been allowed to be used since February 2008 )

Publications (selection)

  • The novel of Konstantinos Manasses. Tradition, reconstruction, text edition of the fragments (= Viennese Byzantine Studies. 4, ZDB -ID 503245-3 ). Böhlau (on commission), Graz et al. 1967.
  • The Mainz Psalter of 1457. Commentary on the facsimile print. Preface by Aloys Ruppel . Stocker, Dietikon-Zurich 1969.
  • European binding art from the Middle Ages and modern times. 270 bindings from the Austrian National Library. Academic printing and publishing company, Graz 1970.
  • Images of heaven and the world. Treasures of Austrian book illumination from the Austrian National Library. Edition Tusch, Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-85063-019-6 .
  • Introduction to: Viennese Hispana manuscript. Complete facsimile edition in the original format of Codex Vindobonensis 411 (= Codices selecti. 41). Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1974, ISBN 3-201-01056-1 .
  • Gothic book art (= book art through the ages. 1). Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1975, ISBN 3-201-00949-0 .
  • Romanesque book art (= book art through the ages. 2). Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1978, ISBN 3-201-01056-1 .
  • Commentary on the Vienna Genesis. Facsimile edition of the Codex theol. Size 31 of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1980.
  • Byzantium and the West. Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz 1981, ISBN 3-201-01158-4 (exhibition, collection of manuscripts and incunabula - Austrian National Library, manual and catalog, State Hall 25 May - 10 October 1981).
  • Plants, roots, saps, seeds. Ancient healing art in miniatures by the Viennese Dioscurides. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1981, ISBN 3-201-01169-X .
  • A textbook for Maximilian I. The Codex Ser.n. 2617 of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Commentary on the facsimile. Andreas & Andreas, Salzburg 1981.
  • Prince Eugen's most beautiful books. Manuscripts from the library of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1986, ISBN 3-201-01318-8 .
  • Handwriting textbook (= elements of books and libraries. 10). Reichert, Wiesbaden 1986, ISBN 3-88226-362-8 .
  • The Aristotle of the Duke of Atri. The Nicomachean Ethics in a splendid Renaissance manuscript. Codex phil. gr. 4 from the possession of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Academic printing and publishing establishment, Graz 1988, ISBN 3-201-01416-8 .
  • with tariff Al Samman: The Arab World and Europe. Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz 1988, ISBN 3-201-01419-2 (exhibition, collection of manuscripts and incunabula - Austrian National Library, manual and catalog, State Hall May 20 - October 16, 1988).
  • Manual of Byzantine Studies. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1989, ISBN 3-201-01432-X .
  • Royal love of books. The library of Matthias Corvinus. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1990, ISBN 3-201-01509-1 .
  • The starry world of the Middle Ages. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1993, ISBN 3-201-01590-3 .
  • Binding customer. The history of the book cover (= elements of the book and library system. 16). Reichert, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-88226-888-3 .
  • Justinian I and his time. History and culture of the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 2001, ISBN 3-412-02501-1 .
  • Austrian National Library. Incunable catalog. Volume 1: A - B. Reichert, Wiesbaden, 2004, ISBN 3-89500-386-7 .
  • History of Western Science in the Middle Ages. 2 volumes. Academic Printing and Publishing Institution, Graz 2006, ISBN 978-3-201-01822-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Neuhauser, obituary in Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekare (PDF; 12.7 MB) , No. 61 (2008) 3, pp. 104-109, ISSN  1022-2588
  2. ↑ boersenblatt.net: Otto Mazal died. Obituary, July 14, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  3. ^ Ernst Gamillscheg : In Memoriam Otto Mazal. In: “Codices Manuscripti - Zeitschrift für Handschriftkunde ”, issue 68, 2008. Verlag Brüder Hollinek, Purkersdorf 2008, ISSN  0379-3621 .
  4. ↑ Complete directory of ÖCV 2004, IV - 356.
personal data
SURNAME Mazal, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mazal, Otto Maria Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Byzantinist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 2008
Place of death Vienna