Huldrych Zwingli's Private Library

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-38376-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 215, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 491 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions

The Swiss theologian Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) was one of the most prominent reformers and the founder of the Reformed Protestant Church in the Swiss Confederation. During the last hundred years more than 200 titles from his private library have been discovered. They give an interesting insight into his interests and sources. The present book contains not only an extensive introduction and a catalogue of these books and manuscripts, but also an inventory of the lost works possessed by Zwingli. They open the door to Zwingli’s study and to the intellectual world of an important reformer.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leu, Urs

Weidmann, Sandra

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations, Bibliographies and Library Catalogues
Illustrations

1 Zwingli and the World of Books
1 Zwingli as Reader
2 Zwingli as User of Libraries
3 Building up a Library

2 Contents of Zwingli’s Library
1 Philology
2 Theology
3 History
4 Science and Medicine

3 Catalogue
1 Imprints
2 Manuscripts
3 Catalogue A: Lost Books

Literature
Indexes to the Catalogue

Über Autor(innen)

Urs B. Leu, Dr. phil. (1990) in History, University of Zürich, is Director of the Rare Book Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. He has written extensively on Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) and the Swiss reformation as well as the history of books.

Sandra Weidmann is Librarian in the Rare Book Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Together with Urs B. Leu she published Heinrich Bullingers Privatbibliothek(TVZ, 2004) and Conrad Gessner’s Private Library (Brill, 2008).