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The Heidelberg University Library has a collection with 6,900 manuscripts, 1,800 incunabula, 110,600 autographs and a collection of old maps, graphic sheets, drawings and photographs. The origins of the Bibliotheca Palatina [ 5 ] with manuscripts from the 9th to the 17th century go back to the founding year of the university in 1386.
Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (German: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Latin: Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis), is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is Germany's oldest university ...
The Bibliotheca Palatina (" Palatinate library") of Heidelberg was the most important library of the German Renaissance, numbering approximately 5,000 printed books and 3,524 manuscripts. The Bibliotheca was a prominent prize captured during the Thirty Years' War, taken as booty by Maximilian of Bavaria, and given to the Pope in a symbolic and ...
Claudius Salmasius (Claude de Saumaise), 1588–1653. The manuscript of the Palatine Anthology consists of 709 pages. The section of the manuscript which is kept today at the Library of the University of Heidelberg (MS Pal. gr. 23) consists of pages 1–614, and the other part, housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, (Par. Suppl. gr. 384) comprises the remaining 94 pages (pp. 615–709).
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Heidelberg's library, founded in 1421, is the oldest existing public library in Germany. [citation needed] In 1537, the castle located higher up the mountain was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion. The duke's palace was built at the site of the lower castle. [clarification needed] The siege of Heidelberg 1622
The history of public library service in the City of Heidelberg dates back to 1899. [9] As early as 1883 Whittlesea Shire residents were lobbying for a library. [10] The Heidelberg Library Association joined the Board in 1951 and the Heidelberg City Library developed. [11] Heidelberg City Library operated the first bookmobile in Victoria in ...
The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb; / loʊb /, German: [løːp]) is a series of books originally published by Heinemann in London, but is currently published by Harvard University Press. [ 1 ] The library contains important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature designed to make the text accessible to the broadest ...