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Reichenau Gospel -
Song of the Nibelungs -
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Ottheinrich Bible -
Gutenberg Bible -
Nuremberg Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel -
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Magnificent Choir Book of Albrecht V -
Sources on the History of the Fugger Family -
Tale of Genji -
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From the MDZ
The Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ) has been providing the rich holdings of the Bavarian State Library (BSB) on the Internet since 1997.
It is the central innovation and also production unit of the BSB for developing, testing and implementing new products and processes related to the multifaceted, far-ranging subject of the 'digital library'.
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11/07/2025
Brahmi seal (BSB Cod.sanscr. 469) digitized
In October 2025, a valuable seal was digitized at the ScanningCenter. The ruby seal was created between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD and bears a Brahmi inscription.
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10/30/2025
Digitization of the RISM card catalog of Series A/I completed
In August 2025, the digitization of the card catalog of series A/I ('Music prints before 1800') of the 'Répertoire International des Sources Musicales' (RISM) was completed. The catalog lists music prints owned by West German institutions in the recording period from 1953 to 2005. The alphabetical sorting by composer is followed by that of anonymous authors and collections.
The digitization of the approximately 54,000 punched catalog cards was carried out by an external service provider, and the data was processed in accordance with the Munich Digitization Center’s standard business procedures.
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10/02/2025
Important ethiopian theological manuscript collection online
The important Ethiopian theological manuscript collection 'BSB Cod.aethiop. 1' has been digitized at the MDZ scanning center. It was probably created in the 14th/15th century. The manuscript originally came from the collection of Johann Jakob Fugger (1516–1575) and was acquired in 1571 by Duke Albrecht V (1528–1579) for the Munich Court Library.
