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Masterpieces of calligraphy, printing plates of copper, iron and zinc, detailed pencil drawings of landmark buildings in and around Bamberg and a fund of handwritten and drawn sources on the history of Bamberg – the new digital collections of the Bamberg State Library are equally diverse and unique.

Christ at the Mount of Olives. Detail of the only preserved etching plate of Albrecht Dürer, including a print, 1515 (copper plate 25 and I C 1) | © State Library Bamberg/ Gerald Raab

Further information and descriptions of the new digital objects can be found
in a current announcement of the Bamberg State Library
in the newsletter of the Bamberg State Library

The Bamberg Treasures convey digital insights into the historic collections of the State Library Bamberg. Excellent pictures in high resolution, enhanced with additional information and partly with transcribed full texts, allow for intensive studies of the digitized items.

The search portal permits a virtual insight into the outstanding collections of the State Library Bamberg in thematic order.

Bamberg Treasures

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