Stipendienprogramm Archive

Plan of Ratibor (now Racibórz), part of the title sheet from "Kriegskarte von Schlesien”, volume 1. – SBB-PK: 2°Kart.N15060-1 – Photo by M. E. Adamska

On an attempt to reconstruct the image of Silesian towns in the 18th century on the basis of historical cartography: Kriegskarte von Schlesien

12.07.2024/0 Kommentare/in Wissen/von Susanne Henschel

Gastbeitrag von Prof. Monika Ewa Adamska I’ve been conducting research in the Silesia area, which has been a historically contested region in Central Europe for many years, focusing on the transformations of its historical rural and urban structures, colonisation processes, the issues of post-war rebuilding and contemporary revitalisation processes. For a brief introduction to the […]

The title of the manuscript on the first page. – SBB PK: Landberg 42, section of fol. 1r

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A Book in Archery: “Kitāb fī rimāyat al-nuššāb” – Mamluk Chivalry Manuscript Preserved at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Landberg 42)

09.07.2024/0 Kommentare/in Foyer, Orient, Wissen/von Susanne Henschel

Gastbeitrag von Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim The abundance of Muslims in their home region has greatly influenced their ability to conquer other countries. Their war science has been developing daily along with the evolution of weapons and their variety; what has been brought to us in this field is evidence of this. The great Islamic civilization has […]

Image 1: “Complete Map of the Barbarians in the Four Directions“. - In: Zhang Tianfu 張天復 (d. 1578), “Si yi zongtu” 四夷總圖, in Guang huang yu kao 廣皇輿考, juan 18. - Retrieved from https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990077608260203941/catalog [18.01.2024] (n.p.: Zhang Rumao, 1626), original held by Harvard University. - The book can also be found in the SBB in Siku jinhuishu congkan 四庫禁燬書叢刊 (Beijing: Beijing chubanshe, 2000), “Shibu” 史部, vol. 17, p. 350, SBB-PK: 5 B 33312 17

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Forbidden Books: The Censorship of Chinese Books under the Manchu Qing Dynasty (1770s–1780s)

29.01.2024/0 Kommentare/in CrossAsia, CrossAsia Stipendiaten, Foyer, Wissen/von Susanne Henschel

Gastbeitrag von Dr. Julia C. Schneider For sixty years, the Qianlong emperor (1711–1799, reign 1735–1796) ruled the Manchu Qing dynasty (1636–1912) and is thus one of the longest-ruling monarchs in East Asian history – not the longest ruling though. That was his grandfather, the Kangxi emperor (1654–1722, reign 1661–1722), who ruled for sixty-one years. In […]

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Syriac Illustrated manuscripts in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

19.12.2023/0 Kommentare/in Foyer, Orient, Wissen/von Susanne Henschel

Gastbeitrag von Mehmet Ali Doğan The Sachau manuscript numbered 304 has 195 leaves. The work is written in two columns in the Estrangelo script. Its beginning and end are destroyed due to a fire. The upper parts of the pages are especially damaged. The manuscript is preserved in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library), and […]

Auch 2024 heißt es wieder: Researchers from all over the world welcome!

15.08.2023/0 Kommentare/in Foyer, SBB-Startseite, SPK, Wissen/von Susanne Henschel

Wie in jedem Jahr endet am 30. September die Bewerbungsfrist für unser Stipendium, das im Rahmen des Stipendienprogramms der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz zur Durchführung von Forschungsarbeiten an der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin für das Folgejahr vergeben wird. Wer im Laufe des Jahres 2023 bei uns zu Gast ist, zeigt diese Übersicht. Es werden also 8 Forschende mit unserem […]

Processional manuscript from the Dominican convent of St. Katherine in Nuremberg, SBB PK: Ms. theol. lat. qu. 144, f. 1r. The decoration on this manuscript’s first folio was cut out of a different manuscript and glued into the margins. – Photo by C. T. Jones

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Manuscripts in Motion: Five Processionals for Dominican Nuns in the Collections of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

07.08.2023/0 Kommentare/in Foyer, Handschriften, Musik, Wissen/von Susanne Henschel

Gastbeitrag von Prof. Claire Taylor Jones It was a warm day in June 2023. I had been looking at an awful lot of books, including a large set that disappointingly turned out to be numerous copies of the same, fairly commonplace thing. Truth be told, I was starting to get a bit bored. That’s a […]