Katalog der Handschriften der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol in Innsbruck, Teil 7: Cod. 601-700

Until recently, the 1067 manuscripts held in the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek für Tirol in Innsbruck (University and State Library for Tyrol in Innsbruck), of which 700 date to the Middle Ages, were only poorly accessible. For this reason, a catalogue based on the guidelines of the Commission for Paleography and Codicology of Medieval Manuscripts of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has been in preparation for several years, of which six volumes have been published to date. Like volumes 3-6, the 7th volume (Cod. 601-700) has been completed within the framework of a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (all under the directorship of Dr. Walter Neuhauser). Because the order in the catalogue is based on the signatures, the 7th volume also covers a wide range of works. In comparison to the earlier volumes, here the proportion of modern manuscripts (later than 1500) is quite a bit higher, with 37 volumes; the number of German manuscripts (21) is also higher. Also included are one French and seven Italian manuscripts. The contents are primarily of a theological nature (somewhat more than half), but the number of historical manuscripts (22) is relatively high. Notable are four codices that contain translations of theological texts in an early form of New High German ("gemeines Deutsch") (Cod. 618, 626, 635 und 641). It was possible to ascribe an author to many of the anonymous texts found in the manuscripts. As in the earlier volumes, because of the various previous owners, emphasis has been placed on the history of each manuscript; this has also been done as a basis for a future history of Tyrolean libraries. The Catalogue can be easily used due to two registers (text beginnings, cross-references to authors, titles and objects), a section of illustrations and several appendices. A CD-ROM containing the text of the Catalogue, illustrations of book illuminations and writing samples from all of the manuscripts is also included. The entire work is planned to have 10 volumes; the 8th is currently in progress.