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Evangeliary of Henry II
Reichenau Gospel
Song of the Nibelungs
Wolfram von Eschenbach‘s Parzival
Babylonian Talmud
Ottheinrich Bible
Gutenberg Bible
Nuremberg Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel
Philipp Apian’s 'Große Karte': Preliminary Drawings
Magnificent Choir Book of Albrecht V
Sources on the History of the Fugger Family
Tale of Genji
Logbook of a Ship of Sir Francis Drake’s Last Voyage
UNESCO - World Document Heritage
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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'.
- 02/04/2025
Precious map of Bavaria with wild animals in miniature
In January 2025, the MDZ scanning center digitized the large-format map of Bavaria 'Die Uebersichtskarte der Verbreitungsverhältnisse der merkwürdigsten wildlebenden Thiere in Bayern' ('The overview map of the distribution of the most remarkable wild animals in Bavaria') from around 1850 (BSB Cod.icon. 180 rc). The map shows the geographical distribution of the most important wild animals of the Bavarian fauna, for example the distribution of bears, beavers, otters or wildcats, with numerous colored miniature pictures. The German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner (1797-1861) was responsible for the creation of the map.
- 10/25/2024
Insect book “Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium” digitized
In July 2024, the digitization of the famous insect book “Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium” was completed. The printed work was written by the naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) and was published in 1705. It contains 60 true-to-life color plates of tropical insects from Suriname in their various stages of development.
- 09/03/2024
Comparison of digital objects in Mirador
Additional workspaces can now be added to the Mirador viewer, in which further objects can be opened. This allows objects to be compared with each other in detail for research purposes.
