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New blog post of the Gotha Research Library: From Cairo to Gotha and the Vatican. From Cairo to Gotha and the Vatican

The Gotha Research Library holds an important collection of fragments from early Qur’an manuscripts on parchment that were once preserved in the Mosque of ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ (d. 664), governor of Egypt between 640 and 664. The Mosque was built in Fusṭāṭ,…

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Our merchandising articles are now available in our online shop

Hoodie, coffee mug, bag or lanyard – the University of Erfurt offers numerous merchandising items, whether as small practical helpers for everyday life or as a statement of belonging. These items are now available in our new online shop.

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Library scholarship: Apply now!

In 2025, national and international authors will have the opportunity to conduct research in the holdings of the Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt with financial support. The Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia, the…

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The 'expedition in the beer house'. A different look at the African explorers of the 19th century

For the last time this year, the Gotha Research Library of the University invites all interested parties to its "Perthes im Gespräch" series, in which the latest results in the cataloguing, preservation and research of the Gotha Perthes Collection…

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"The 'Gotha' between publishing, aristocratic and media history of modernity"

Under the title "The 'Gotha' between publishing, aristocratic and media history of the modern age", the Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt invites you to a conference at the Gotha Research Centre, Am Schloßberg 2, from 4 to 6…

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New blog post of the Gotha Research Library: Early Central European Orientalists in Search of Texts for Studies. Insights from Johann Ernst Gerhard’s Collection

The invention of printing with movable type in the mid fifteenth century in Mainz led to an unprecedented dissemination of books in the Germanic and Romance language areas of Europe in the following decades. In contrast, a parallel development in the…

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Historical manuscripts must be air-conditioned before being made available

As the autumn weather conditions in the stacks of the Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt are again leading to very low temperatures, it is necessary for conservation reasons to air-condition ordered titles before use. The research…

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Ready for the "smartest night of the year"?

On Friday, 8 November, it will be exciting again: The City of Erfurt and other partners are inviting visitors to the "smartest night of the year", and of course the University of Erfurt will be there too. Once again, it is offering visitors to the…

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