Katalog der Handschriften der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol in Innsbruck. Teil 8: Cod. 70‒-800

Up to now, the cataloguing of the 1067 (thereof 700 medieval) manuscripts of the University and Regional Library of Tyrol in Innsbruck was unsatisfactory. As a consequence, work on a scientific printed catalogue was commenced under the auspices of the Commission for Paleography and Codicology of Medieval Manuscripts of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Like the previous seven volumes the eighth volume (Cod. 701–800) is sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and is directed by Walter Neuhauser. The catalogues are arranged by signatures and therefore this volume, too, displays a great variety of content, formally as well as textually. As opposed to the earlier volumes, this time the share of modern manuscripts (i. e. after 1500), approximately one third, as well as the amount of manuscripts written in German (14) is greater; furthermore eight manuscripts are written in Italian and one in French. As regards content, theological manuscripts still prevail (more than half), the rest belonging to several disciplines, also to the natural sciences. Two manuscripts, translations of theological manuscripts into early Modern High German, are worth mentioning: Cod. 772 and 773. Many texts could be ascribed to an author for the very first time. As the previous volumes the eighth volume of the catalogue attaches great importance to the history of each manuscript, given that there were a variety of previous owners. This will help to reconstruct the still outstanding history of Tyrolean libraries. Two indices (index of incipits and index of authors, titles and subjects), some illustrations, appendices and a CD including illustrations on book paintings and script samples of dated and undated manuscripts allow for easy handling of the catalogue. Currently the ninth volume is about to be completed and work on the tenth is in progress; in total the series will comprise ten volumes.