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The collection is accessible by means of our manuscript database<\/a>. In includes nine main groups: Augusteer, Blankenburger, Extravagant, Gudiani, Helmstedter, Novi, Novissimi, Weissenburger and music manuscripts. The Helmstedt manuscripts comprise the oldest sub-collection, which can be traced back to Duke Julius (1528\u20131589) and includes numerous monastery holdings. Duke Augustus\u2019s collection contains especially precious works, such as the Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum<\/em>, a book on land surveying dating to late antiquity, the Sachsenspiegel<\/em> and the Corvinae<\/em>. The Gudiani manuscripts are of great importance to the transmission of classical Latin and Greek literature. More recent acquisitions, such as the Gospel Book of Henry the Lion and Matilda of England, can be found in the Novissimi.<\/p>

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Catalogue series: Die Handschriften der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Wolfenb\u00fcttel<\/em>, vol. 1, 1884ff. \u2013 continued from 1964 onwards with successive numbering as Kataloge der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenb\u00fcttel: Die neue Reihe<\/em> (= the new series of HAB catalogues). You can find a list of the digitised catalogues here<\/a>.<\/p>

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The following groups of manuscripts held by the Herzog August Bibliothek do not represent groups of collections. Instead, they are to be found among the groups described above:<\/strong><\/h3>

Older manuscripts in German<\/strong><\/h3>

Friedrich Adolf Ebert, \u2018Blicke in die Manuscripten-Cabinette der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Wolfenb\u00fcttel: 2. Besuch; Die altdeutschen poetischen Handschriften\u2019, in \u00dcberlieferungen zur Geschichte, Literatur und Kunst der Vor- und Mitwelt<\/em>, ed. F.\u00a0A. Ebert, vol. 1, pt. 2 (Dresden, 1826), 33\u201348.<\/p>

Old French manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

Friedrich Adolf Ebert, \u2018Blicke in die Manuscripten-Cabinette der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Wolfenb\u00fcttel: 1. Besuch; Die altfranz\u00f6sischen Handschriften\u2019, in \u00dcberlieferungen zur Geschichte, Literatur und Kunst der Vor- und Mitwelt<\/em>, ed. F.\u00a0A. Ebert, vol. 1, pt. 1 (Dresden, 1826), 140\u2013195.<\/p>

Medieval manuscripts in German are listed in the online finding aid <\/strong>Handschriftencensus<\/strong><\/a> (currently just under 700 entries).<\/strong><\/h3>

Greek manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

With over 100 Greek manuscripts<\/a>, the Herzog August Bibliothek holds the third-largest collection of such works after Berlin and Munich, placing it ahead of Dresden, Leipzig and T\u00fcbingen. While most of the Greek manuscripts are listed under Gudiani graeci, the oldest manuscript belongs to the Helmstedter group (Cod. Guelf. 75a Helmst., from the 6th\/7th century).<\/p>

Literature: Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Bibliothecae Guelferbytanae codices graeci et latini classici<\/em> (Leipzig, 1827); Dieter Harlfinger, Griechische Handschriften und Aldinen<\/em> (Wolfenb\u00fcttel, 1978 ) \u2013 24th exhibition catalogue produced by the Herzog August Bibliothek; Graecogermania: Griechischstudien deutscher Humanisten<\/em> (Weinheim, 1989) \u2013 59th exhibition catalogue produced by the Herzog August Bibliothek.<\/p>

Hebrew manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

A total of 10 scrolls, 13 codices and four collected volumes of bound fragments in Hebrew. There are also numerous fragments of bindings to be found in situ on their carrier straps.<\/p>

Literature: Ernst R\u00f3th, Hebr\u00e4ische Handschriften<\/em>, vol. 6, pt. 2 of Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland<\/em> (Wiesbaden, 1965), 400\u2013411; Andreas Lehnhardt, Die hebr\u00e4ischen und aram\u00e4ischen Einbandfragmente in deutschen Archiven, Bibliotheken und Sammlungen<\/em>, vol. 6, pt. 5 of Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland <\/em>(Stuttgart, 2021), 867\u201373; Annett Martini, Zwischen Offenbarung und Kontemplation: Die Wolfenb\u00fctteler hebr\u00e4ischen Schriftrollen<\/em>, Wolfenb\u00fctteler Forschungen 163 (Wolfenb\u00fcttel, 2021).<\/p>

The Herzog August Bibliothek\u2019s printed works in Hebrew and Yiddish are listed in their own indexing and cataloguing project<\/a>.<\/p>

Historical manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

Friedrich Adolf Ebert, \u2018Handschriften der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Wolfenb\u00fcttel zur \u00e4lteren deutschen Geschichte\u2019, Archiv der Gesellschaft f\u00fcr \u00e4ltere deutsche Geschichtskunde <\/em>6 (1838), 1\u201334, and addendum, ibid. 7 (1839), 221\u2013226.<\/p>

Latin manuscripts prior to 800<\/strong><\/h3>

Elias A. Lowe, Codices Latini Antiquiores: A Palaeographical Guide to Latin Manuscripts Prior to the Ninth Century<\/em>, vol. 9, Germany: Maria Laach\u2013W\u00fcrzburg<\/em> (Oxford 1959), nos. 1374\u20131396.<\/p>

9th-century Latin manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

Bernhard Bischoff, Katalog der festl\u00e4ndischen Handschriften des 9. Jahrhunderts<\/em>, vol. 3, Padua \u2013 Zwickau<\/em>, from the estate, ed. Birgit Ebersperger (Wiesbaden, 2014), 499\u2013512.<\/p>

Mathematical manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

Menso Folkerts, \u2018Mittelalterliche mathematische Handschriften in westlichen Sprachen in der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenb\u00fcttel: Ein vorl\u00e4ufiges Verzeichnis\u2019, Centaurus <\/em>25 (1981), 1\u201349.<\/p>

Middle Low German manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

Conrad Borchling, Mittelniederdeutsche Handschriften in Wolfenb\u00fcttel und einigen benachbarten Bibliotheken (Dritter Reisebericht)<\/em>, suppl. to Nachrichten von der K\u00f6nigl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu G\u00f6ttingen: Philologisch-historische Klasse aus dem Jahr 1902<\/em> (G\u00f6ttingen, 1902).<\/p>

Oriental manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

The listing of oriental manuscripts in the HAB Wolfenb\u00fcttel compiled in 1831 describes 142 objects. In addition to the Hebrew manuscripts (see above), it also includes 78 Arabic, 28 Turkish, 13 Chinese, 10 Persian and 3 Syrian manuscripts.<\/p>

Listing<\/em>: Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium Bibliothecae Ducalis Guelferbytanae<\/em><\/a> (Leipzig, 1831). On the Chinese manuscripts, see Hartmut Walravens, \u2018Zur Wolfenb\u00fctteler Sinica-Sammlung\u2019, Wolfenb\u00fctteler Beitr\u00e4ge <\/em>11 (1998), 145\u2013172.<\/p>

Palimpsests (Codices rescripti)<\/strong><\/h3>

Friedrich Adolf Ebert, \u2018Verzeichnis der bisher untersuchten Wolfenb\u00fctteler codicum rescriptorum\u2019, in Zur Handschriftenkunde<\/em>, vol. 1 (Leipzig, 1825), 79\u201385.<\/p>

Slavic manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

In the Katalog der slavischen Handschriften in Bibliotheken der Bundesrepublik Deutschland<\/em>, ed. Elke Matthes (Wiesbaden, 1990), 16 manuscripts held by the Herzog August Bibliothek and numbered 214\u2013229 can be found on pages 171\u2013185. See also Aleksandr S. Mylnikov and Wolfgang Milde, \u2018Handschriftliche Slavica der Herzog August Bibliothek\u2019, Wolfenb\u00fctteler Beitr\u00e4ge <\/em>7 (1987), 79\u2013114.<\/p>

Spanish manuscripts<\/strong><\/h3>

A summary based on Otto von Heinemann\u2019s catalogues appears in Jos\u00e9 Vives, \u2018Manuscritos hisp\u00e1nicos en bibliotecas extranjeras: Biblioteca di Wolfenb\u00fcttel\u2019, Hispania sacra: Revista de historia eclesi\u00e1stica <\/em>3 (1950), 421\u2013430.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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