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| 6.3 Exhibitions
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| Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 18:30-20:30 |
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Burgerbibliothek Bern and
Zentralbibliothek der
Universitätsbibliothek Bern
Münstergasse 61-63, Bern
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Cartography over the last 1200 years:
treasures of the Burghers' Library of Berne and the University Library of Berne
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| Burgerbibliothek Bern |
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| Thanks to the collector's interests the Huguenot scholar Jacques Bongars (1554-1612) had, the
Burgerbibliothek Bern (Burgher's Library of Berne) can show ancient Roman and Carolingian texts on
geography (Macrobius, Martianus Capella, Isidore, Bede the Venerable). In the holdings of about 650
medieval manuscripts there are 200 codices dating from before the year 1000. Later medieval codices
transmitted Arabian knowledge and techniques (astrolabe from about the year 1000, compass from the
12th/13th century) and translations from antique Greek science to the early universities of Europe, where
scholastic philosophy flourished. Acquired during the crusades by Europe, geographic knowledge is also
represented by a dozen, mostly French, manuscripts from the 12th to 14th centuries, four of them with
miniatures. |
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| Responsible: Martin Germann
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| Zentralbibliothek der Universitätsbibliothek Bern |
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| The Universitätsbibliothek Bern (University Library of Berne) dates back to 1528. Its central
library (the former Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Bern) houses one of the largest inventories of
historical books of Switzerland as well as valuable maps and plans. A significant part of the maps dating
back to the Renaissance are stored here since the collection covers the rebirth of cartography to the
digital age. Books and tomes from clerical and monasterical institutions, dissolved by the Reformation, as
well as from numerous private collections form the score of the library. Cartography from the 16th to the
early 19th century is especially well represented, thanks to the Ryhiner Collection. It was compiled by
the Bernese statesman Johann Friedrich von Ryhiner (1732-1803) and was donated to the library of Berne in
1867. It is considered to be one of the most valuable map collections in the world. Further valuable items
are shown from the Collection Rossica Europeana, which was built up by Peter Sager (1925-2006) and was
donated to the Schweizerische Osteuropabibliothek in 2005. |
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| Responsible: Thomas Klöti
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