Manuscripts Of The Austrian National Library
The Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books of the Austrian National Library in Vienna was formed in April 2008 by merging the departments of "Manuscripts, Autographs, and Closed Collections" and of "Incunabula, Old and Valuable Books". Within the library, the manuscripts are given a signature of ''Cod.'' plus an abbreviation of the applicable grouping (mostly by language; in the case of the Japanese and Chinese collection, the more generic ''Cim.'', for ''cimelia'' "heirlooms, treasures" is used). When the context does not make clear that the manuscript is from Vienna, the abbreviation ''Cod. Vindob.'' is used, short for ''Codex Vindobonensis'' (after Vindobona, the ancient Roman name of Vienna). Manuscript groupings The manuscripts are grouped as follows: *European manuscripts: **Cod. 1-15000 (old holdings) **Cod. Ser. n.1-50178 = Codices Series nova - new acquisitions from about 1870 *Classical Armenian, Armenian manuscripts: Cod. Armen. 1-34 = Codices Armeniaci *Ge'ez, Eth ...
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