Veit Probst

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Veit Probst (born October 9, 1958 in Heidelberg ) is a German philologist , historian , librarian and director of the Heidelberg University Library .

Life

After graduating from the humanistic Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Mannheim, Probst studied Classical Philology, Philosophy and History at the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim and as a scholarship holder at the German Historical Institute in Rome . In 1989 he received his doctorate summa cum laude with a historical thesis at the University of Mannheim.

After completing his traineeship in the library, Probst started working in the Heidelberg University Library in 1990 to research the Palatina manuscripts. Soon afterwards he took on specialist librarianship tasks and a little later he was also given a managerial role in the acquisitions department of the university library. In 2000 he moved from the head of acquisitions to the office of the library manager. Since 2002 he has been the director of the university library.

Publications

  • Petrus Antonius de Clapis (approx. 1440–1512); an Italian humanist in the service of Frederick the Victorious of the Palatinate. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 1989, ISBN 3-506-79330-6 , also Mannheim, University, dissertation, 1988/89.
  • with Wolfgang Metzger: Philipp Melanchthon and Wilhelm Reiffenstein. A humanist friendship reflected in three unknown Melanchthon letters from the Bibliotheca Palatina. In: Daphnis. 27, 1998, pp. 685-716 ( online ), pdf 3.5 MB
  • with Karin Zimmermann (Ed.): The historical and philosophical manuscripts of the Codices Palatini Latini in the Vatican Library (Cod. Pal. Lat. 921-1078) , edited by Dorothea Walz. Reichert, Wiesbaden 1999. ( Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library. Vol. 3)
  • with Wolfgang Metzger: The humanistic, trivial and Reformation manuscripts of the Codices Palatini Latini in the Vatican Library (Cod. Pal. Lat. 1461 - 1914). Reichert, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 3-89500-214-3 . ( Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library. Vol. 4).
  • On the genesis of the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci meets Niccolò Machiavelli and Agostino Vespucci. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2008, ISBN 978-3-89735-538-5 . ( Heidelberg Studies on Humanism and Renaissance. 1).

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personal data
SURNAME Probst, Veit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian, director of the Heidelberg University Library
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg