Latin Manuscript Books before 1600: A List of the Printed Catalogues and Unpublished Inventories of Extant Collections. 4th ed.Among Paul Oskar Kristeller's contributions to medieval and Renaissance scholarship is his monumental compilation of the printed catalogues and unpublished inventories of Latin manuscript collections found in libraries and archives around the world. With the assistance of Dr. Sigrid Kramer, recently retired from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich, he has assembled an up-to-date and expanded version for the fourth edition published by the Monumenta Germaniae Historica Monumenta Germaniae historica (mŏny  mĕn`tə jərmā`nē-ē hĭstôr`ĭkə) in Munich in an expression of international cooperation. This indispensable guide, a sine qua non [Latin, Without which not.] A description of a requisite or condition that is indispensable.In the law of torts, a causal connection exists between a particular act and an injury when the injury would not have arisen but for Latin manuscript research, has been well known to medievalists and Renaissance scholars in its earlier editions. The history of the production of this massive list is given in the reprinted prefaces of the preceding three editions, the first having appeared in two articles of Traditio in 1948 and 1953. There was a pressing need to revise the third edition of 1965 because of extensive cataloguing and recataloguing of Latin manuscript collections as well as the movement of manuscripts since then. The fourth edition is three times the size of its predecessor. The comprehensive set of cross references, standard abbreviations and alphabetical listings of authors, editors, or in the case of anonymous works Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the case of works where the creator's name is kept secret, the author's reasons may vary from fear of persecution to protection of his or her , titles make this an excellently organized research tool. The book is divided into four sections, the fourth of which is completely new. The first section describes works on bibliography, libraries and their manuscript collections, paleography paleography (pālēŏg`rəfē) [Gr.,=early writing], term generally meaning all study and interpretation of old ways of recording language. , codicology codicology the study of early manuscripts. — codicologist, n. — codicologic, codicological, adj. See also: Manuscripts , but works not describing one or more manuscripts. The second consists of works describing manuscripts in more than one city or groups of libraries. The third is by far the largest section, containing the printed catalogues and handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. inventories of libraries and archives arranged by cities. The fourth and final section is a list of directories and guides that provide addresses for libraries and archives. This immense reference work, a unique achievement in medieval and Renaissance scholarship, leaves all those in manuscript studies in lasting debt to Paul Oskar Kristeller Paul Oskar Kristeller (May 22, 1905 in Berlin - July 7, 1999 in New York, USA) was an important scholar of Renaissance humanism. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University in New York. and now, as well, to Dr. Kramer. Inevitably in a work of universal scope omissions and slips will be found. A few omitted libraries with Latin manuscript collections include: Kiev's Tsentral'na naukova biblioteka Akademi nauk (Central Scientific Library of the Academy of Sciences); Visovac's Franciscan monastic library on an island in Croatia; Monchengladbach's Franziskanerkloster; Essen's Diozesan- und Seminarbibliothek, Kirchengemeinde St. Ludgerus, and Ruhrland und Heimats-museum; Ehrenstein's Kreuzherrenkloster Liebfrauenthal; Paderborn's Erzbischofliche Diozesan-Museum, ErzbistumsArchiv, and Metropolitankapitel; Turku University Turku University may refer to:
Also lacking is the current name, the Archiv Prazskeho Hradu (Prague Castle The Prague Castle (Czech: Pražský hrad) is the castle in Prague where the Czech kings, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. The crown jewels of the Bohemian Kingdom are kept here. Archive), for the repository for the collections formerly in the Metropolitan Chapter Library and Metropolitan Chapter Archive. The former Thun Collection in Decin belongs in the Narodni Knihovna in Prague, not the Klaster Premonstratu na Strahove formerly the Strahov Library (721). There is also no reference to the former Lobkovicz Collection from Prague held at the Narodni Knihovna. The Miestne pracovisko Matice slovenskej is not in Kremnica (510), but in Martin, Slovakia Martin (Slovak: Turčiansky Svätý Martin until 1950, Hungarian: Turócszentmárton, German: Turz-Sankt Martin, Latin: Sanctus Martinus / Martinopolis . The collection from Zamecka Knihovna Bludov, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. (293), should appear instead under Statni archiv in Brno. There is no mention of the Kapellenbibliothek Nagyszeben as the source of the Muzeul Brukenthal collection in Sibiu, Romania (785). The transfer of the collection of the Cistercian Library in Zirc (931) to the Szechenyi Library of the National Museum in Budapest is not indicated. Tartu (811) is in Estonia, not Russia. My visit in 1981 to the Stiftsoch Laroverksbiblioteket in Vaxjo, Sweden revealed new accessions; what Kristeller-Kramer (869) lists as Mss. Fol. 1-215; Qu. 1-615; Oct. 1-113 were in 1981 Mss. Fol. 1-338; Qu. 1-703; Oct. 1-178. Finally, the placenames in the upper margin do not always correspond to the place whose libraries and archives are covered on that page (e.g. pp. 336-37,392-93 and 674-79). Additional relevant bibliography follows: Jesus Alturo, "Manuscrits i documents en escriptura beneventana conservats a Catalunya" (Studi Medievali 28 [1987], 349-80); M. Andersson-Schmitt et al., Mittelalterliche Handschriften der Universitatsbibliothek Uppsala. Katalog uber die C. Sammlung. Handschriften C 401.550. vol. 5 (Stockholm, 1992); Bari. Archivio di S. Nicola e Archivio di Stato. I codici liturgici in Puglia (Bari, 1986); Guy Beaujouan, Science medie-vale d'Espagne et d'alentour (Aldershot, 1992); Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Crespo Tobarra et al., Catalogo de manuscritos de la Real Academia Espanola (Madrid, 1991); Leofranc Holford-Strevens, "Berlin Latin Manuscripts Now in Cracow" (Classical Quarterly XLII [1992] 577-78); Vincenzo Monachino et al., Guida degli Archivi diocesani d'talia (Rome, 1990); Werner Sackmann, Die Handschriften der Universitatsbibliothek Basel. Die Handschriften der Signatur K. Naturwissenschaften (Basel, 1991); C. Ziegler, Zisterzienserstift Zwettl. Katalog der Handschriften des Mittelalters. Teil I, Cod. 1-100 (Vienna, 1992). EMIL J. POLAK Queensborough Community College Queensborough Community College is one of six community colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY) system. It is located in the neighborhood of Bayside, Queens County, New York City, New York. , City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym: IPA pronunciation: [kjuni]), is the public university system of New York City. |
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