Herzog August Bibliothek
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The Herzog August Library (Herzog-August-Bibliothek — "HAB"), in Wolfenbüttel, (Niedersachsen), known also as Bibliotheca Augusta, it has an international importance for its collection from the Middle Ages and Early modern Europe. The library is overseen by the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture. The HAB cooperates with the International College of Scientifics.
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History
The library was founded by Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1572. In the 17th century it was the largest library north of the Alps.
In 2006 the library housed c. 900 000 books, 350 000 of them were printed from the 15th to the 18th century.[]
Notable librarians have included
- 1604–1666: Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- 1691–1716: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1770–1781: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- 1968–1992: Paul Raabe
Some manuscripts
- The famous palimpsest Codex Guelferbytanus 64 Weissenburgensis, which contains in the lower text Codex Guelferbytanus A, Codex Guelferbytanus B, and Codex Carolinus.
- Gospels of Henry the Lion
- Liber Floridus ca. 1150
- Minuscule 97
- Minuscule 126
- Minuscule 429
- Nine volumes from the library of Matthias Corvinus
- Schönrainer Liederhandschrift
- Visio Godeschalci
- Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum
References
Further reading
- Andrea Kastens (Hrsg.): Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. Westermann, Braunschweig 1978,
- Leo G. Linder: Die Herzog-August-Bibliothek und Wolfenbüttel. Braunschweig 1997, ISBN 3-07-509702-0
- Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer (Ed.): A treasure house of books: the library of Duke August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (an exhibition at the Grolier Club, 8 December 1998 through 6 February 1999). Wiesbaden 1998, ISBN 3-447-04119-6
