Manuscript Department and Graphic Collection
The
Department for Manuscripts and Early Printed Books houses the treasures
of the University Library. The curatorial staff aims to support persons working
with manuscripts, early printed or rare books, and provides information and
reproductions.
See also: http://www.studon.uni-erlangen.de/studon/goto.php?target=pg_1469_845&client_id=StudOn.
Among the holdings of the manuscript department, there are more than 2,400 manuscripts from the middle ages and the early modern period; 2,100 incunabula; about 19,000 letters dating from the 15th through the 18th centuries from the collection of Christoph Jacob Trew (1695-1769), a Nuremberg scholar; his private library, with 34,000 books and prints one of the most extensive collections of the time; broadsides, legacies, papyruses, as well as ex-libris.
The library houses the Graphic Collection of the University: 1,700 drawings originating from the arts cabinet of the previous margraves of Ansbach, about 5,400 woodcuts and copperplate engravings from the middle ages through the Baroque period; the Luthardt collection of graphic art (1,000 items); about 6,000 prints mainly from the 19th century. Quite an unusual collection in a university library are 16,000 medals and coins from all periods.
The most remarkable drawings are presented here 
For more details about the holdings of the Manuscript Department and their
provenance see the entry of the University Library in Handbuch der Historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland.
For catalogues see:
http://www.studon.uni-erlangen.de/studon/goto.php?target=pg_2581_845&client_id=StudOn
Contact and Opening Hours:
Manuscripts Reading Room; UB Altbau, 2. Stock,
Monday - Friday: 8:30 - 16:00.
Phone: +49 (0)9131 85 - 22159
E-Mail: handschriften@bib.uni-erlangen.de
