Kataloge der Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
In the series Kataloge der Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg (“Catalogues of Heidelberg University Library") are published scientifically compiled catalogues of historical book collections which are either kept at Heidelberg University Library or which are of particular importance for the intellectual history of the university and the country. These include, in particular, medieval manuscripts, early printed works and written testimonies from the early modern period. In addition to its own holdings, there are the volumes of the historical Bibliotheca Palatina, which are no longer in Heidelberg but for the most part in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Editor
Dr. Karin Zimmermann, UB Heidelberg
Published so far
Die juristischen Handschriften der Codices Palatini Latini in der Vatikanischen Bibliothek (Cod. Pal. lat. 621–813)
This volume presents the Latin legal manuscripts of the Bibliotheca Palatina, most of which are now in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. This collection has special value due to the manuscripts from Romanic countries it contains, which document the rediscovery and annotation of late antique legal writings and the systematisation of ecclesiastical law collections that shaped Europe from the High Middle Ages onwards. Other codices show close-ups of local practices and interests, for example in the form of codes of procedure, sample forms or personal text collections. The manuscripts cover the 9th to 16th centuries, but have their focus in the 13th to 15th centuries.
