Vitae Pomeranorum

With Vitae Pomeranorum is a collection of prints and writings on individuals and families, mostly from Pomerania , but also from Sweden and Mecklenburg referred to in the inventory of Greifswald University Library is located. These are so-called personal and occasional publications from the period from the 16th to the 18th century, which are particularly important for genealogical and regional research, but also for the history of printing .

These prints were made in small editions for special occasions. The collection includes occasional poetry and music for weddings , baptisms and funeral ceremonies , more than 1500 funeral sermons, as well as anniversary writings, descriptions of lives and family tables .

The collection contains more than 8000 prints, most of which are from the 17th century. More than 4000 titles each are written in German (including Low German ) and Latin , a small number in Swedish , French and other languages. More than two thirds come from Pomeranian print shops.

history

The Greifswald professors Augustin von Balthasar (1701–1786) and Johann Carl Dähnert (1719–1789) created extensive collections of occasional prints independently of one another in the 18th century. In 1885 the holdings in the Greifswald University Library were combined. In the years that followed, the materials were cataloged and supplemented with some writings from the 19th century. The collection was completed in 1898 and presented to the public for the first time in various publications by the university librarian Edmund Lange.

The collection was kept in 166 volumes in 1898, which were later divided into 178 cassettes. Between the Second World War and the fall of the Wall , 36 cassettes were completely or partially lost. Around 80 percent of the original holdings are still available in the Greifswald University Library. In 2006 the documents were microfilmed so that research no longer has to use the originals.

In a cooperation project with the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, the prints have been re-cataloged and digitized since 2016.

literature

• Edmund Lange : The Greifswald collection "Vitae Pomeranorum". In: Baltic Studies . Supplementary volume, Greifswald 1898 ( digitized version )
• Edmund Lange:  Additions to his work "The Greifswald Collection 'Vitae Pomeranorum'" . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series, Vol. 9, Léon Saunier, Stettin 1905, pp. 55-136 ( digitized version ).
• Horst Hartmann:  The "Vitae Pomeranorum" as a cultural and historical source . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series, vol. 85, NG Elwert, Marburg 1999, pp. 57-61 ( digitized version ).
• Peter Tenhaef: Occasional music in the Vitae Pomeranorum. Historical basics, selected works, commentary and catalog , Frankfurt / M. including 2000 (= Greifswald contributions to musicology 8)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Microfilming of the Vitae Pomeranorum ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Literature on the Vitae Pomeranorum in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature on Vitae Pomeranorum in the state bibliography MV
• Literature about Vitae Pomeranorum in the catalog of the University Library Greifswald .
• Digital copies of the Vitae Pomeranorum in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.