Otto Mitius
Otto Mitius (born November 19, 1865 in Nauendorf , † December 22, 1926 in Erlangen ) was a German art historian and librarian .
Life
Mitius studied theology, early Christian and classical archeology as well as art history in Leipzig , Tübingen , Halle / Saale and Greifswald . In 1892 he passed his first state examination in theology, and in 1895 he received his doctorate in Strasbourg . In the same year he became an intern at the Bamberg State Library and then a volunteer at the Erlangen University Library . There he made it to the position of senior librarian in 1924 in his 30-year career. He wrote a history of the Erlangen university library, writings on book history and on Albrecht Dürer .
Fonts (selection)
- A family picture from the Priscilla catacomb with the oldest wedding depiction in Christian art , Freiburg i.Br. u. a .: Mohr 1895 (Archaeological studies on Christian antiquity and the Middle Ages; 1).
- Jonas on the monuments of Christian antiquity , Freiburg i. Br. [U. a.]: Mohr 1897 (Strasbourg, Univ. Diss. 1895)
- Franconian leather cut volumes of the XV. Century: An attempt at book history , Leipzig: Haupt 1909.
- Views of Dürer's palace courtyard and Cadolzburg near Nuremberg , Leipzig: KW Hiersemann 1922.
- With Albrecht Dürer to Heroldsberg and Kalchreuth . In: Erlanger Heimatbuch 1924.
- The library of the University of Erlangen: A historical overview , Erlangen: [Th. Krische] 1925.
literature
- In memory of Otto Mitius , Erlangen 1927.
- Alexandra Habermann u. a .: Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians 1925–1980 , Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1985, ISBN 3-465-01664-5 , p. 221.
Web links
- Mitius, Otto . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitius, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nauendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1926 |
| Place of death | gain |