This database records literature on objects in the collection, primarily on manuscripts, but also on incunabula, autographs, estates, court library files and some prints. The data offered here is updated regularly.
Please select the type of shelfmark first and complete the shelfmark in the second input field. The option "without truncation" is used to find the exact matching search term. The option "with truncation" is used to find entries for multi-volume works such as Cod. 2759-2764 (enter "Cod. 2759") or - in the case of non-European manuscripts - to search for any sub shelfmarks (e.g. Cod. Mixt. 814/V).
| Autographs | Autogr. |
| Court Library files | Akt. HB |
| Incunabula | Ink. |
| Western manuscripts | Cod. |
| New aquisitions from 1870 onwards | Cod. Ser. n. |
| Armenian manuscripts | Cod. Armen. |
| Ethiopian manuscripts | Cod. Aethiop. |
| Chinese manuscripts | Cim. Sin. |
| Georgian manuscripts | Cod. Georg. |
| Greek manuscripts | Cod. Jur. gr. |
| Cod. Hist. gr. | |
| Cod. Phil. gr. | |
| Cod. Suppl. gr. | |
| Cod. Theol. gr. | |
| Manuscript fragments | Fragm. |
| Hebrew manuscripts | Cod. Hebr. |
| Indian manuscripts | Cod. Ind. |
| Cod. Sanskr. | |
| Japanese manuscripts | Cim. Jap. |
| Coptic manuscripts | Cod. Copt. |
| Manuscripts and albums | Cod. Min. |
| Mexican manuscripts | Cod. Mexic. |
| Mongolian manuscripts | Cod. Mongol. |
| Oriental manuscripts | Cod. A. F. |
| Cod. N. F. | |
| Cod. Mixt. | |
| Cod. H. O. | |
| Cod. Gl. | |
| Slavic manuscripts | Cod. Slav. |
| Syrian manuscripts | Cod. Syr. |
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