Catalogues of manuscripts, incunabula and old prints

Codices Amploniani

The medieval manuscripts of the "Bibliotheca Amploniana" were indexed in a shortened form in the DFG project "Die Codices Amploniani der Universitäts- und Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/Gotha". They are accessible via Manuscripta Mediaevalia.
The Codices Amploniani are completely indexed in the Descriptive Index of the Amplonian Manuscript Collection on Erfurt by Wilhelm Schum. 

Manuscripts with German texts

Manuscripts with German texts were catalogued by Heinrich Niewöhner from 1917 to 1925. His descriptions are included in Handschriftenarchiv. Further information can also be found in Handschriftencencus.

Codices Erfordenses

Codices Erfordenses are manuscripts, bequests, files and archival materials that came into the possession of the City of Erfurt from the old University Library, Erfurt monasteries, associations, institutions and private individuals.

28 medieval manuscripts of the Codices Erfordenses are recorded in Sirka Heyne's catalogue.

The Codices Erfordenses include other manuscripts from the 16th to the 20th centuries, such as family registers, Hebrew scrolls, a South Indian palm leaf manuscript or a Babylonian clay tablet. 82 historical library catalogues record the holdings of the entire depository of the City of Erfurt (including incunabula and old prints); among them are also subject catalogues on the "Codices Erfordenses", with an alphabetical index, so-called "CE. capsules".

Fragments

The special collection of the Erfurt University Library University Library of Erfurt keeps 370 manuscript fragments.

They originate from the Codices Amploniani, the Codices Erfordenses, incunabula and historical prints.

Fragments of the Bibliotheca Amploniana are partly recorded in the Descritive Index of the Amplonian Manuscript Collection of Erfurt by Wilhelm Schum. (Pages 953-956, 991-1008) Information on the fragments that were released later can be found in Schum's catalogue in the descriptions of the former carrier manuscripts.

Some fragments from the holdings of the Erfurt Codices have been catalogued more recently in more recent, partly incomplete hand-written and typewritten catalogues can be consulted in the special reading room of Erfurt University Library.

Incunabula

The University Library holds 636 incunabula. The incunabula originate from dissolved monasteries and foundations of the City of Erfurt and from the holdings of the Bibliotheca Amploniana.
The contents are mainly theological Latin texts. The incunabula are listed in the OPAC and the search engine Discovery of Erfurt University Library.

• Union Catalogue of Incunabula. Letters A - Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Leipzig/Stuttgart 1925-2008
• Wolfram Suchier: Incunabula Catalogue. Erfurt 1928

Old prints

The prints in the University Library belong to the deposit of the City of Erfurt (approx. 42,000 volumes) and the deposit of the former Naumburg University of Applied Sciences (approx. 3,000 volumes). Prints from the "Depositum Naumburg" can be found in the OPAC and the search engine Discovery of Erfurt University Library.

The Depositum of the City of Erfurt contains holdings from Erfurt's monastery and school libraries, the libraries of two governors of the Electorate of Mainz, the library of the Old University and from the "Bibliotheca Amploniana", the so-called "Libri Amploniani". The collection is shelved corresponding to provenance.

Printed works Imprints from the "Depositum Erfurt" are partly recorded in the OPAC and the search engine Discovery of Erfurt University Library, in the index of 17th century prints published in the German-language area (VD17) or in the index of 16th century prints published in the German-language area (VD16).

Most of the holdings can also be found via handwritten or printed catalogues in the Special Reading Room of Erfurt University Library.

Autographs

The autographs of the UB Erfurt Erfurt University Library belong to the stock of the "Codices Erfordenses" (CE.) They have not yet been systematically recorded or listed separately.

Sermons Funeral  sermons

Funeral sermons, especially on citizens of Erfurt and the Erfurt area, are in the collection "Old Prints". They are listed in the alphabetical catalogue of Erfurt funeral sermons of the 16th to the 18th centuries and can be found in the alphabetical catalogues "AK I" and "AK II" (provided in the special reading room of the Erfurt University Library) as well as in the OPAC and the search engine Discovery of Erfurt University Library.

Dissertations

Dissertations, mainly from the Old University of Erfurt, are in the "Old Prints" collection. They are listed in the alphabetical catalogues "AK I" and "AK II" (provided in the special reading room of the Erfurt University Library) as well as in the OPAC and the search engine Discovery of Erfurt University Library.

Waste bindings

The bindings of the prints of the 16th to 18th century, which consist of manuscript and music scores and come from the deposit of the City of Erfurt, are listed in a card catalogue. This is provided in the special reading room of Erfurt University Library.

Estate Legacy of Adolf Rhein

The estate legacy of the Erfurt bookbinder and binding researcher Adolf Rhein (1885-1964) contains offprints, hand- and typewritten material, journals  diperiocal volumes, books, sample collections of binding paper, stamp impressions and rubbings.
The legacy estate has so far only been roughly sorted (a preliminary overview is available in typewritten form). It is providedin the special reading room at Erfurt University Library.

Exhibition catalogues on the old stock of the UB Erfurt

In addition to predominantly older catalogues which record the holdings of the "Bibliotheca Amploniana", more recent exhibition catalogues also offer further detailed information on manuscripts, incunabula and prints from the "Amploniana" and the historical book holdings of the Erfurt University Library.