The Manuscript Sources of Old Private Libraries as Resources for Onomastic Research Exemplified by the Załuski Library Cover Image

Handschriftliche Quellen aus alten privaten Bibliotheken als Fundus der onomastischen Forschung am Beispiel von Bibliotheca Zalusciana
The Manuscript Sources of Old Private Libraries as Resources for Onomastic Research Exemplified by the Załuski Library

Author(s): Anna Just
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Library and Information Science, Archiving, Library operations and management, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Bibliotheca Zalusciana; manuscript; onomastics; toponymy; trip description; geographical description

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to present German-speaking handwritten resources of the former Załuski Library as material for onomastic research. Today there are more than 1000 German-language manuscripts of the old Załuski library. They represent a variety of subject sections as theology, history, philosophy, medicine or geography. Manuscripts of the last mentioned group are a valuable source in the research on toponyms, all the more so as some of them have never been printed and they exist only as a single manuscript. They include a detailed description of the regions with the typical names for the time of their origin, often in two or more languages.

  • Issue Year: 15/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 294-309
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English, German
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