The Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books of the

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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 Vindobona (from Gaulish ''windo-'' "white" and ''bona'' "base/bottom") was a Roman military camp on the site of the modern city of Vienna in Austria. The settlement area took on a new name in the 13th century, being changed to Berghof, or now si ...

, 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 *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

manuscripts: Cod. Armen. 1-34 = Codices Armeniaci *

Ethiopian Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute several component ethnic groups, many of which are closely related to ethnic groups in neighboring Eritrea and other parts of ...

manuscripts: Cod. Aethiop. 1-45 = Codices Aethiopici *

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

manuscripts: Cim. Sin. 1-390 (gaps in the sequence of

shelfmark A shelfmark is a mark in a book or manuscript that denotes the cupboard or bookcase where it is kept as well as the shelf and possibly even its location on the shelf. The closely related term pressmark (from press, meaning cupboard) denotes only t ...

s: Cim. Sin. 1-24, 163, 215, 384-390) = Cimelia Sinica *

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

manuscripts: Cod. Georg. 1-5 = Codices Georgici *

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

manuscripts: **Cod. Jur. gr. 1-18 = Codices Juridici graeci **Cod. Hist. gr. 1-130 = Codices Historici graeci **Cod. Phil. Gr. 1-347 = Codices Philologici et Philosophici graeci **Cod. Suppl. gr. 1-201 = Codices Supplementum graecum **Cod. Theol. gr. 1-337 = Codices Theologici graeci *Manuscript fragments: Fragm. = Fragmenta *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

manuscripts: Cod. Hebr. 1-244 = Codices Hebraici *Indian manuscripts: **Cod. Ind. 1-171 = Codices Indici **Cod. Sanskr. 1-33 = Codices Sanskritici *

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

manuscripts: Cim. Jap. 3, 9, 18, 21, 51 = Cimelia Japonica *

Coptic Coptic may refer to: Afro-Asia * Copts, an ethnoreligious group mainly in the area of modern Egypt but also in Sudan and Libya * Coptic language, a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century * Coptic alphabet ...

manuscripts: Cod. Copt. 1-18 = Codices Coptici *Manuscripts and art albums: Cod. Min. 1-143 = Codices Miniati * Mexican manuscripts: Cod. Mexic. 1-12 = Codices Mexicani * Mongolian manuscripts: Cod. Mongol. 1-2 = Codices Mongolici *Oriental manuscripts: **Cod. A. F. 1-557 = ''Alter Fond'' (Old grouping) **Cod. N. F. 1-479 = ''Neuer Fond'' (New grouping) **Cod. Mixt. 1-1943 = Codices Mixti (Mixed languages) **Cod. H. O. 1-231 = Codices Historia Osmanica (Ottoman history) **Cod. Gl. 1-250 = Codices of the Glaser collection * Slavic manuscripts: Cod. Slav. 1-236 (229-233 blank) = Codices Slavici * Syrian manuscripts: Cod. Syr. 1-11 = Codices Syriaci

Notable manuscripts

The following is a list of especially notable manuscripts kept in Vienna.

European manuscripts

* '' Codex Vindobonensis 387'', a Carolingian astronomical compendium * '' Codex Vindobonensis 521'', a 13th-century manuscript of

Adam of Bremen Adam of Bremen ( la, Adamus Bremensis; german: Adam von Bremen) (before 1050 – 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. Adam is most famous for his chronicle ''Gesta ...

's '' Gesta'' * ''

Codex Vindobonensis 751 The Codex Vindobonensis 751, also known as the Vienna Boniface Codex, is a ninth-century codex comprising four different manuscripts, the first of which is one of the earliest remaining collections of the correspondence of Saint Boniface. The codex ...

'', 9th-century collections of the letters of Saint Boniface * ''

Codex Vindobonensis 795 The Codex Vindobonensis 795 (Vienna Austrian National Library Codex) is a 9th-century manuscript, most likely compiled in 798 or shortly thereafter (after Arno of Salzburg returned from Rome to become archbishop). It contains letters and treatises ...

'', a 9th-century manuscript with letters and treatises of

Alcuin Alcuin of York (; la, Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; 735 – 19 May 804) – also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin – was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student o ...

* ''Cod. Vindob. 1856'', the

Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza __NOTOC__ The Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, M 1856 is an illuminated book of hours, now in the Austrian National Library in Vienna (Codex Vindobon. 1856). The book used to be the property of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, the fifth Duke of Mila ...

* ''Cod. Vindob. 1857'', the

Hours of Mary of Burgundy The Hours of Mary of Burgundy (german: Stundenbuch der Maria von Burgund)Inglis, I is a book of hours, a form of devotional book for lay-people, completed in Flanders around 1477, and now in the National Library of Austria. It was probably com ...

* ''Cod. Vindob. 1897'', the Hours of James IV of Scotland * ''Cod. Vindob. 1908'', the Hours of Maria d’Harcourt * '' Codex Vindobonensis B 11093'', a 15th-century combat treatise

Latin New Testament

* ''

Codex Vindobonensis Lat. 502 The Codex Vindobonensis Lat. 502 (Vienna, Austrian National Library, Lat. 502), designated by v (in Beuron system), is a 7th-century Latin Gospel Book. The manuscript contains only 1 parchment folio (23.5 cm by 16.5 cm). It is known al ...

'', 7th-century manuscript of the Gospels * '' Codex Vindobonensis Lat. 1235'', 6th-century manuscript of the Gospels

Greek manuscripts

*''Cod. Vindob. med. gr. 1'', the

Vienna Dioscurides The Vienna Dioscurides or Vienna Dioscorides is an early 6th-century Byzantine Greek illuminated manuscript of an even earlier 1st century AD work, '' De materia medica'' (Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς : Perì hylēs iatrikēs in the ori ...

, Constantinople, c. 512.

Codices Philologici et Philosophici graecis

* '' Codex Vindobonensis Philos. 2'', a manuscripts of the treatise "On the Soul" of Aristotle * '' Codex Vindobonensis Philos. 75'', a manuscripts of the treatise "On the Soul" of Aristotle * '' Codex Vindobonensis Philos. 157'', a manuscripts of the treatise "On the Soul" of Aristotle Codex Vindobonensis phil. Gr. 65 of the 15th cent. This is an Anonymous Arithmetic and Geometry (Logisticae and Geodaisia)

Codices Theologici graeci

* ''

Vienna Genesis The Vienna Genesis (Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. theol. gr. 31), designated by siglum L (Ralphs), is an illuminated manuscript, probably produced in Syria in the first half of the 6th century. It is the oldest well-preserved ...

'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 31'', with two leaves of Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus * '' Minuscule 123'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 240'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 123 in the Gregory-Aland numbering * ''

Minuscule 124 Minuscule 124 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1211 ( Von Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, on 188 thick parchment leaves (21.7 by 18.8 cm). The manuscript has been palaeographically assigne ...

'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 188'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 124 in the Gregory-Aland numbering * ''

Minuscule 125 Minuscule 125 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1028 ( Von Soden numbering). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K ...

'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 50'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 125 in the Gregory-Aland numbering * ''

Minuscule 218 Minuscule 218 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 300 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the Old Testament (Septuaginta) and New Testament, on parchment. It is one of the few manuscripts with the complete Greek Bible. Palaeographical ...

'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 23'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 218 in the Gregory-Aland numbering * '' Minuscule 219'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 321'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 219 in the Gregory-Aland numbering * '' Minuscule 220'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 337'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 220 in the Gregory-Aland numbering * '' Minuscule 404'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 313'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 313 in the Gregory-Aland numbering * ''

Minuscule 421 Minuscule 421 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 259 (in Soden's numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated to year ca. 1300. Formerly it was designated by 64a and 69p. Marginal equipment is not ...

'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 210'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 421 in the Gregory-Aland numbering *

Minuscule 424 Minuscule 424 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Ο12 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Formerly it was designated by 66a an ...

, also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 302'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 424 in the Gregory-Aland numbering * ''

Minuscule 425 Minuscule 425 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 457 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1330. Formerly it was designated by 67a. Description ...

'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 221'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 425 in the Gregory-Aland numbering * '' Minuscule 434'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 71'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 434 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Codices Juridici graeci

* '' Lectionary 45'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Jur. gr. 5'', a lectionary manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 45 in the Gregory-Aland numbering, 10th century

Papyri

* ''Pap. Vindobonensis gr. 2325'', known as the ''

Fayyum Fragment The Fayyum Fragment (Papyrus Vindobonensis Greek 2325 . Vienna G. 2325 is a papyrus fragment containing text that could be from part of the New Testament, and consists of only about 100 Greek letters. The fragment was originally discovered in Al-Fa ...

'', Apocrypha of the New Testament, 3rd century * '' Pap. Vindobonensis gr. 17973'', manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 𝔓³³ in the Gregory-Aland numbering * '' Pap. Vindobonensis gr. 39784'', manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 𝔓³⁴ in the Gregory-Aland numbering * '' Pap. Vindobonensis K. 7377. 7384. 7386. 7426. 7541-7548. 7731. 7912. 7914'', manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 𝔓⁴¹ in the Gregory-Aland numbering * '' Pap. Vindobonensis K. 8706'', Greek-Coptic manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 𝔓⁴² in the Gregory-Aland numbering * '' Pap. Vindobonensis G. 31974'', manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 𝔓⁴⁵ in the Gregory-Aland numbering * '' Pap. Vindobonensis gr. 42417'', manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 𝔓¹¹⁶ in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Codices Supplementum graecum

* '' Minuscule 3'', also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis Suppl. gr. 52'', a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 3 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Codices Mexicani

* ''

Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I, also known as ''Codex Vindobonensis C'', or ''Codex Mexicanus I'' is an accordion-folded pre-Columbian piece of Mixtec writing. It is a ritual-calendrical and genealogical document dated to the 14th century. Cont ...

'', known also as ''Codex C'', a 14th-century Mesoamerican treatise

External links

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books

Manuscript groupings

Notable manuscripts

European manuscripts

Latin New Testament

Greek manuscripts

Codices Philologici et Philosophici graecis

Codices Theologici graeci

Codices Juridici graeci

Papyri

Codices Supplementum graecum

Codices Mexicani

See also

External links