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    You Better Run

    A Threnody for the Dispossessed

    Mit „A Threnody for the Dispossessed“ gestaltete Erik Ruin ein Klagelied in Form eines Buches. Das Künstlerbuch ist bereits im Jahr 2019 erschienen – sein Inhalt hat seitdem nicht an Aktualität verloren.

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    Herzogin und Buchbesitz

    Da ist noch Luft nach oben...

    Wie viele Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner Niedersachsens wissen schon, dass am Wolfenbütteler Hof in der Mitte des 16. Jahrhundert eine gelehrte polnische Königstochter im Alter von 34 Jahren als zweite Ehefrau des mehr als dreißig Jahre älteren Heinrich d. J. mit prächtigstem Brautschatz und Geleit eintraf?

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  • Culture

    We make books

    Exhibition marking the 450th anniversary of the Herzog August Bibliothek

    On 5 April 1572, Herzog Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, issued a ‘Liberey-Ordnung’. It is regarded as the founding document marking the beginning of the Wolfenbüttel library’s long history.

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    HAB gehört

    Der Podcast der Herzog August Bibliothek

    Die Herzog August Bibliothek hat viele Gesichter – sowohl im Wortsinne, als auch im übertragenen Sinn. Mit „HAB gehört“ wollen wir sie zu Wort kommen lassen und Ihnen so Einblicke in die vielfältigen Inhalte der HAB verschaffen.

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  • Research

    Gebete, Gebote, Gebräuche im jüdischen Haus

    Die Hebraica der HAB

    Die Hebraica der HAB, die verborgenen Schätze der Welfen, mit ihren Gebrauchsspuren und Provenienzangaben erlauben ebenso spannende Einblicke in die jüdische Frömmigkeitspraxis wie in die Sammlungsprinzipien der Herzöge und Bibliothekare. Das Projekt bietet eine Analyse der „religiösen Gebrauchsliteratur“ im Judentum und stellt den Korpus der HAB in den Kontext der jüdischen Buchproduktion.

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  • Research

    Philipp Hainhofer’s Großes Stammbuch

    This album amicorum dating from the first third of the 17th century is an outstanding collection of signatures and illustrations by preeminent figures and an artistic highlight. The aim of the project is to catalogue the text and iconography of the book in depth and to trace the networks of individuals it contains. The project’s findings will be made available in digital form and as a published book.

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Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

Independent Research Institute for European Cultural History

The Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) is one of the world's leading research institutions for cultural history. It is the library that provides the basis for this, preserving, cataloguing, expanding and presenting unique holdings. Scholars from all over the world find optimal conditions for their research here.

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Research

The HAB is one of the leading international research centres for the cultural history of the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It is a place of scholarly dialogue and interdisciplinary cooperation.

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Library

The collection of manuscripts and books of Duke Augustus the Younger of Brunswick-Lüneburg forms the core of the Wolfenbüttel Research Library, along with a large number of other collections.

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Culture

With exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, lectures, concerts and readings, the HAB offers a diverse cultural programme.

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Current Projects

 

The historical holdings of the Herzog August Bibliothek form a collection of European culture from the Early Middle Ages to the Enlightenment and beyond that is unique in breadth and depth. Manuscripts, incunabula and prints as well as graphics and paintings, maps and modern artists' books offer a variety of starting points for cataloguing, editing and research projects. The proven hermeneutic approaches of the humanities are complemented and supported by innovative methods of the digital humanities. In addition to publication in print, new forms of digital publishing are being tested to secure the scholarly results.

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VD 17

The project is part of a master plan for digitising the VD 17 bibliography, which ...

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Fellowship Programmes

 

The scholarship programme of the Herzog August Bibliothek has existed for over 30 years and offers funding opportunities for applicants at all stages of their academic career, from doctoral candidates to emeritus professors. The core condition for funding, which is discussed in various selection committees, is the centrality of the Wolfenbüttel holdings for the development of the respective project. All programmes are international and interdisciplinary.

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Current Exhibitions

 

Globes and old maps are on permanent display in the museum of the Bibliotheca Augusta. An exhibition on the "Life and Work of Lessing in Wolfenbüttel" is set up in the Lessinghaus. In addition, the HAB regularly presents special exhibitions in which research results and collections are vividly presented and made accessible to the public. Exhibitions of works by modern or contemporary artists, many of whom are also represented in the collection of the Wolfenbüttel Library, are held in the Malerbuchsaal.

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Current Publications

 

Monographs, anthologies, exhibition and collection catalogues contain the results of research and cataloguing at the HAB. The variety of topics is as extensive as the scientific activities of the HAB itself. About 250 titles are currently available.

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