Bibliotheca Palatina

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The Bibliotheca Palatina was one of the most important Renaissance humanist libraries in Europe, originally assembled in Heidelberg and famed for its rich collection of manuscripts and early printed books.

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instanceOf Renaissance humanist library
library
associatedWith Electorate of the Palatinate NERFINISHED
House of Wittelsbach NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED
collectionSize over one thousand incunabula
several thousand manuscripts
collectionType classical texts
early printed books
humanist literature
incunabula
manuscripts
theological works
country Holy Roman Empire
currentLocationOfGermanSection Heidelberg University Library NERFINISHED
currentLocationOfMajority Vatican City NERFINISHED
dateOfEstablishment 15th century
fate German manuscripts remained in Heidelberg
major part transferred to Vatican Library
flourishedInPeriod 16th century
early 17th century
hasPart Codex Manesse NERFINISHED
German manuscripts in Heidelberg University Library
Palatine Greek manuscripts NERFINISHED
Palatine Latin manuscripts
knownFor humanist scholarship
one of the most important libraries of the Renaissance
rich collection of early printed books
rich collection of medieval manuscripts
languageOfMaterial German
Greek
Hebrew
Latin
locatedIn Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg NERFINISHED
Electoral Palatinate NERFINISHED
Heidelberg NERFINISHED
Heidelberg Castle NERFINISHED
partOf University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
patron Elector Palatine Frederick II NERFINISHED
Elector Palatine Frederick IV NERFINISHED
Elector Palatine Frederick V NERFINISHED
Elector Palatine Louis III NERFINISHED
Elector Palatine Otto Henry NERFINISHED
reasonForTransfer Catholic League victory in the Palatinate
confiscation as war booty
significantEvent division into German and Latin collections
partial restitution to Heidelberg in the 19th and 20th centuries
transfer to Rome during Thirty Years' War
transferredTo Vatican Library NERFINISHED
transferYear 1623

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Palazzo della Pilotta hasPart Bibliotheca Palatina
this entity surface form: Biblioteca Palatina
Otto Henry, Elector Palatine library Bibliotheca Palatina