to a far-sighted and wide-ranging acquisition policy, the library has obtained many treasures of world renown into its care, including scores by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, bequests by Herder and Chamisso [...] over 10 million prints, 125,000 manuscripts, 318,000 autographs, 1 million maps, views, globes and atlases, 1,400 bequests and archives, 450,000 music prints, 180,000 historical newspaper volumes and much

Eastern Europe in Western European languages as well as literature in Eastern European languages from all other countries of the world. The specialist focus of our Eastern Europe collection is on the [...] Slovakia, Slovenia, the Sorbian language area, Ukraine, Hungary, Belarus (Byelorussia) and Cyprus. In addition, the department collects literature from the Sorbian language area, literature relating to Eastern [...] Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Sorbian language area in Germany. The acquisition focuses on original-language literary texts as sources for research as well as scientific secondary

works and microforms acquired by the Oriental Department, whether in Asian, African or European languages, are usually displayed in the stacks and can be ordered from there and either used in the reading [...] Oriental Department of the former Prussian State Library were also affected by the evacuation in the 2nd World War and the subsequent division. It is therefore located today partly in the house Unter den Linden

has been pursued more systematically. In the 19th century, the library received numerous Polish-language prints as legal deposit copies from publishers of the Polish minority in Prussia. In 1856, 49 Serbian [...] Petersburg, he rendered outstanding services to the Rossica collection of the library. Between the two world wars there have been extensive exchange relations with the Soviet Union. Becoming a Special Collection [...] emeinschaft (DFG) , was responsible for the expansion of the Special Subject Collection Slavic Languages, Literatures and Folklore . The Slavistik-Portal was set up for the targeted use of this Specialised

around 1740 to 2010, across disciplines, languages, and publishers. Special features: Includes searchable abstracts and descriptive keywords in various languages. Full-text search is not available. SBB-Crossref [...] Serials (ZDB) ZEFYS Newspaper information system for historical newspapers The World of Newspapers - Newspapers from all over the world see also Fachgebiete / Zeitungen (German only) A part of the library‘s special [...] articles, and various other special formats (maps, sheet music, manuscripts, etc.), covering all languages, subjects, and publication dates. Special features : Some records can be searched thematically using

developed into a world-renowned collection of Oriental literature within the first two decades. However, following the evacuation of all manuscripts and book collections during the Second World War, activities [...] the following areas: - Acquisition and cataloguing of literature in Asian, African and European languages from and on the following regions: Ancient Orient and Egypt Islamic Middle East from North Africa

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please contact the EAD's specialists . General Information Languages and Countries The major part of the collection is written in Asian languages. Library acquisition policies take into consideration the [...] in Western languages is also being collected extensively. New publications are purchased completely, if possible, and the criteria for selecting titles are of a wide scope. Western Language publications [...] Asia-Africa Department and the East Asia Department, at Potsdamer Straße. The profile of the Asian-languages collection of the East Asia Department is influenced by the acquisition profile of the Special Subject

Its writing material is papyrus. It is probably one of the oldest completely preserved books in the world. There are not many written testimonies preserved in Achmimic. Ms. or. fol. 3065, 1r Ms. or. fol. [...] 19th century. Ms. or. quart. 1020, 1r Ms. or. quart. 1020 - Old Nubian manuscript In the Old Nubian language, which is similar to Coptic, very few written documents have been preserved. This makes it all the

Lower Sorbian Testament by Miklawš Jakubica from 1548 is one of the oldest monuments of the Sorbian language. Due to its orientation, the manuscript is also an important source for the entire West Slavic [...] Tablet Previous Next The Eastern Europe Department of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin holds one of the world’s most important collections of Eastern European literature outside the region. The department offers