![]() ![]() The decrees of rulers and cities gave the Church liturgy was transformed,Ĭongregational singing stimulated, and new modes of communal Popular movement, and his theology was spread in Germany by His ideas were also embraced in a genuinely Luther was supported by a number of secular rulers, partly for With the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy into raging flames. Rapid circulation of his writings turned smoldering discontent Martin Luther's stand on the indulgence controversy and the This epoch-making Christian movement decisively The Reformation is Saxony's most significant contribution to Variety of the Library's early printed books. ![]() Missal, a work on music theory, and a Dance of Death poem-demonstrate the The exhibited pieces-an ancient classic, a medieval chronicle, a German Seldom displayed category of printings on vellum. Theological and historical works, juristic literature, medieval books, travelĪccounts, and belles lettres. To other libraries, this is not a large collection, but it encompasses theĮntire spectrum of fifteenth-century intellectual life: ancient authors, Bibles, Incunabula (1,539 of which are still in the Russian State Library). Twentieth centuries by transfer from other libraries or by purchase.Ĭurrently, the permanent collection of the Saxon State Library contains 2,384 Of Dietrich von Werthern's library, that number increased to nearly 500 titles.Īdditional incunabula were acquired during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and Twelve incunabula, or books printed before 1501. The original Library founded by Prince Elector August in 1556 contained only Hebraic Machsor, to a fine manuscript of Boccaccio, and aįifteenth-century history of the ancient world. Small sampling, from the tenth-century Evangelia and the superb With the destruction of some of these priceless possessionsĭuring the bombings of 1945, the Library now has approximatelyĤ00 Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. Manuscripts and a fourteenth-century genealogy of the Frankish Histories of Meissen and Bohemia Biblical, legal, and medical ![]() The collection expanded to include all areas of knowledge:įourteenth-century copies of Ovid and Petrarch Medieval Wars against the Ottoman Empire at the end of the seventeenth Manuscripts were part of the "Turkish booty" acquired during the Spectacular, purchases (such as the Mayan manuscript in 1739),Īnd by other Dresden collections and gifts. They were further enhanced by unique, even The acquisition of other libraries at the end of the sixteenthĬentury, and especially in the eighteenth and nineteenthĬenturies, more Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts were added Medieval manuscripts, since the holdings of monasteries dissolvedĭuring the Reformation went to the University of Leipzig. Founded by the SaxonĮlector August in 1556, the Library initially contained very few Sächsische Landesbibliothek (Saxon State Library), wasĪcquired over the course of 400 years. The rich and diverse collection of manuscripts owned by the ![]()
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