Humanist Library of Sélestat

The entrance portal of the library

The Humanist Library in Sélestat is one of the most important cultural treasures of Alsace, France. There are two Renaissance humanist libraries involved, the library of the Humanist School and the private library of the scholar, Beatus Rhenanus (1485–1547).

The Library of the Humanist School

Main reading room after the renovation by Rudy Ricciotti (2018)
Library of Beatus Rhenanus with a bust of Johannes Mentelin
The oldest book in the library, a Merovingian manuscript from the 7th century

In 1441, the municipal authorities of Sélestat – then a free city of the Holy Roman Empire – appointed Ludwig Dringenberg, born in Westphalia, to be the leader of the local Latin school. Under his leadership the school fostered Humanist thinking. His successors. Were Kraft Hofman (1477–1501), Hieronymus Gebwiler (1501–1509) and Hans Sapidus (1510–1525). The school also had a library.

Notable alumni

The Library of Beatus Rhenanus

Beatus Rhenanus bequeathed his entire private library to his home city of Sélestat.[3] This library contained about 670 bound leather volumes at the time of his death in 1547, which Rhenanus had collected during his studies and his work in Strasbourg, Basel, Paris and Sélestat. Even at that time, the library was of inestimable value, since books were only published in small numbers of copies and they were extremely expensive. The library of Beatus Rhenanus is the only larger Humanist library preserved virtually intact. Other large libraries, such as those of Erasmus von Rotterdam or Johannes Reuchlin, were scattered after the deaths of their owners.

The Library of Beatus Rhenanus was inscribed in the UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2011.[4]

The Humanists of Sélestat

The Alsatian Humanists closely associated with the expansion of the library include:

The Library today

Since 1889, both libraries have been housed in the same building in a former covered market near the Gothic church of Saint George. The library is publicly accessible as a museum and the books can be consulted by scholars and researchers. The collection has as many as[further explanation needed] 550 incunabula, 460 ancient and modern manuscripts, 2,200 16th century prints, 1,600 17th century prints and 2,600 18th century prints, including the Sélestat Lectionary.[5] The rooms also display a collection of 15th and 16th century Upper-Rhenish religious paintings and sculpture.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Jenny, Beat R. (1995). Jacob-Friesen, Holger; Jenny, Beat R. (eds.). Bonifacius Amerbach (in German). Basel: Schwabe Verlag. p. 40. ISBN 9783796510083.
  2. ^ Rhenanus, Beatus (2013). Hirstein, James (ed.). Rhenanus, Beatus. Epistulae Beati Rhenani. La Correspondance latine et grecque de Beatus Rhenanus de Sélestat. Édition critique raisonnée, avec traduction et commentaire. Vol. 1 (1506–1517). Brepols. pp. IX. ISBN 9782503513584.
  3. ^ Konstantinos Staikos (2012), History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Petrarch to Michelangelo, New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, ISBN 9781584561828
  4. ^ Beatus Rhenanus Library on the Memory of the World Project website
  5. ^ "Figures and key dates on the library's website". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

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