Gastbeitrag von Julia Steinmetz „Seit meinem 10. Lebensjahr (1877) habe ich in Gesellschaft meiner unermüdlichen Mutter (Frau Aurora Herzberg) fast alljährlich größere oder kleinere Touren unternommen. In dieser langen Zeit haben weder sie noch ich auch nur den geringsten Schaden an unserer Gesundheit verspürt, trotzdem an die Festigkeit desselben zuweilen größere Anforderungen gestellt wurden, wie […]
Gastbeitrag von Luca Di Nardo What can an old catalogue card still tell us in the age of digital libraries? At first glance, the catalogue cards preserved in the Neue Systematische Katalog (NSyK) of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin seem to belong to a world that has long since disappeared. Before online catalogues, they guided generations […]
Gastbeitrag von Paweł Gancarczyk Today, a book is usually understood as a coherent whole united under a single title. In the Middle Ages, however, this was often not the case. A single manuscript could contain numerous texts of widely differing content. These texts might have been copied by different scribes, at different times, and in different […]
The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is home to exceptional historical collections of manuscripts, printed works, maps, musical materials, photos and other objects, both in terms of scope and quality, from numerous regions in Europe, Africa and Asia. The library catalogues and researches this cultural heritage which it has been entrusted and which it systematically complements with […]
Gastbeitrag von Jessica M. Dandona The late nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in book printing and distribution, the effects of which were felt around the world as new ideas, images, and information rapidly traversed international borders and reached new audiences. This global trade had a profound impact on the production of human knowledge – and […]
Gastbeitrag von Elena Fogolin In March 2025, I had the opportunity to spend a month conducting research in Berlin, supported by a research grant from the Staatsbibliothek aimed at advancing my study of German printers active in Rome in the 1470s and 1480s. This stay formed a core component of my wider project on early […]