Older collection in figures

The University Library’s historic collections include: :

Hand written …

• 216 Papyri
• 2,300 Western manuscripts, including
  • Around 1,500 Latin manuscripts
  • Around 800 modern manuscripts
  • Around 170 manuscript fragments and official documents
  • 6 music manuscripts
  • 5 oriental manuscripts
• 74 personal papers
• Around 18 000 individual autographs

In print …

• 3,141 incunabula
• 52 single-sheet prints
• 121 Würzburg thesis sheets
• 394 exlibris
• Around 60,000 old and special prints from the 16th century onwards, including
   
  • Around 600 pamphlets from the Reformation …
  
  ... and many private book collections, such as
   
  • 7,313 volumes from the Horn collection (rare functional literature from the 16th – 19th centuries)
  • Around 5,800 volumes from the Schönlein collection (medical history and geography from the 15th century onwards)
  • Around 670 volumes from the Asbeck collection (splendid illustrated works from the late 18th century and early 19th century in contemporary covers)

Painted (or printed) …

• Around 1,600 graphics, historic maps and drawings