Abbey library of Saint Gall

Abbey Library of St. Gallen

The Abbey Library of Saint Gall was founded by Saint Othmar, the founder of the Abbey of St. Gall. During a fire in 937, the Abbey was destroyed, but the library remained intact.^[1] In 1983 the library together with the Abbey of St. Gall were made a World Heritage Site, as 'a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery'.

The library hall was designed by the architect Peter Thumb in a Rococo style.

The Collections

The library collection is the oldest in Switzerland, and is one of earliest and most important monastic libraries in the world. It holds 2,100 manuscripts dating back to the 8th through the 15th centuries, 1,650 incunabula (printed before 1500), and old printed books. The library holds almost 160,000 volumes, and most are available for public use. Books published before 1900 are to be read in a special reading room.^[2] The manuscript B of the Nibelungenlied is kept here.

A virtual library was created to provide access to the manuscripts — Codices Electronici Sangallenses. Currently more than 400 manuscripts are preserved in digital format.

Some manuscripts

Notes

↑ Murray, Stuart (2009). The Library: An Illustrated History. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing.
↑ Murray, Stuart (2009). The Library: An Illustrated History. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. p. 288.

References

Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti: Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen. Codices 547–669. Hagiographica, Historica, Geographica 8.–18. Jahrhundert. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-447-04716-6.
Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti: Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen. Codices 1726–1984 (14.–19. Jahrhundert). Beschreibendes Verzeichnis. Verlag am Klosterhof, St. Gallen 1983, ISBN 978-3-906616-02-5.
David H. Stam, ed. (2001). International Dictionary of Library Histories. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 1579582443.

External links

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Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Abbey of St. Gall". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Stiftsbibliothek Sankt Gallen
Codices Electronici Sangallenses — project for the digitisation of the medieval manuscripts at St. Gallen
e-codices, St. Gallen, Stiffsbibliothek

World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

Lake Geneva region	Lavaux Vineyard Terraces Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch¹

Espace Mittelland	La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle Old City of Bern Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch¹

Eastern	Convent of St. Gall Convent of St. Johann Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes² Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona

Ticino	Monte San Giorgio Castles, Wall and Ramparts of Bellinzona

Nationwide	Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³ The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier¹

¹ Shared with other region/s ² Shared with Italy ³ Shared with Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 133462571 LCCN: n80104321 ISNI: 0000 0001 1956 2239 GND: 2089619-0 SUDOC: 137038887 BNF: cb12219248q (data) NLA: 35790818

Coordinates: 47°25′22″N 9°22′35″E / 47.4228°N 9.3764°E / 47.4228; 9.3764

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