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75 years on... digitisation project “Digital Historic Book Collection”

Open page in the Gutenberg bible, Leipzig provenance

The digitisation project “Digital Historic Book Collection” is a virtual amalgamation of those parts of the German Museum of Books and Writing’s collection that were relocated during wartime.

On 22 September 1945, one of the Soviet trophy committees confiscated the most valuable manuscripts, books, bindings and prints in the German Museum of Books and Writing’s collection; these had been moved to Rauenstein Castle for safety during the war. A large part of this unique collection was taken to Moscow and housed in what is now the Russian National Library.

The German National Library and the Russian National Library have now concluded a cooperative agreement regarding the displaced items; this will bring the collections in Moscow and Leipzig together in virtual form. This new project, which got under way in 2020, will open up digital access to this unique collection. These bibliophilic treasures – which include for example a Franciscan gradual dating from the 14th century – will be made accessible through the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library).

Open page in the Gutenberg bible, Leipzig provenance

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Open page in the Gutenberg bible, Leipzig provenance

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  1. Lessons learned at the museum – the digital programme of the German Museum of Books and Writing
  2. Digital access to the St. Elizabeth manuscript
  3. Unique image sources for front-line book shops
  4. KI-Box
  5. Information – a raw material? Data fuelling station at the German Museum of Books and Writing
  6. Books in the third dimension - Museum acquires a collection of kinetic books
  7. KlingKlang – sounds from media history
  8. Book bags – The collection of publisher Mark Lehmstedt
  9. A family of bookbinders in Germany and Europe – additions to the Röllig estate
  10. Pre-mortem legacy from Hans Ticha
  11. Open! Stories from the German Museum of Books and Writing
  12. 75 years on... digitisation project “Digital Historic Book Collection”

Last changes: 22.04.2021
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