Manuscripts of the Austrian National Library

Updated on Oct 24, 2023

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The Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books of the Austrian National Library in Vienna was formed in April 2008 by merging the departments of "Manuscripts, Autographs, and Closed Collections" and of "Incunabula, Old and Valuable Books".

Within the library, the manuscripts are given a signature of Cod. plus an abbreviation of the applicable grouping (mostly by language; in the case of the Japanese and Chinese collection, the more generic Cim., for cimelia "heirlooms, treasures" is used). When the context does not make clear that the manuscript is from Vienna, the abbreviation Cod. Vindob. is used, short for Codex Vindobonensis (after Vindobona, the ancient Roman name of Vienna).

The manuscripts are grouped as follows:

European manuscripts:

Cod. 1-15000 (old holdings)

Cod. Ser. n.1-50178 = Codices Series nova - new acquisitions from about 1870

Armenian manuscripts: Cod. Armen. 1-34 = Codices Armeniaci

Ethiopian manuscripts: Cod. Aethiop. 1-45 = Codices Aethiopici

Chinese manuscripts: Cim. Sin. 1-390 (gaps in the sequence of shelfmarks: Cim. Sin. 1-24, 163, 215, 384-390) = Cimelia Sinica

Georgian manuscripts: Cod. Georg. 1-5 = Codices Georgici

Greek manuscripts:

Cod. Jur. gr. 1-18 = Codices Juridici graeci

Cod. Hist. gr. 1-130 = Codices Historici graeci

Cod. Phil. Gr. 1-347 = Codices Philologici et Philosophici graeci

Cod. Suppl. gr. 1-201 = Codices Supplementum graecum

Cod. Theol. gr. 1-337 = Codices Theologici graeci

Manuscript fragments: Fragm. = Fragmenta

Hebrew manuscripts: Cod. Hebr. 1-244 = Codices Hebraici

Indian manuscripts:

Cod. Ind. 1-171 = Codices Indici

Cod. Sanskr. 1-33 = Codices Sanskritici

Japanese manuscripts: Cim. Jap. 3, 9, 18, 21, 51 = Cimelia Japonica

Coptic manuscripts: Cod. Copt. 1-18 = Codices Coptici

Manuscripts and art albums: Cod. Min. 1-143 = Codices Miniati

Mexican manuscripts: Cod. Mexic. 1-12 = Codices Mexicani

Mongolian manuscripts: Cod. Mongol. 1-2 = Codices Mongolici

Oriental manuscripts:

Cod. A. F. 1-557 = Alter Fond (Old grouping)

Cod. N. F. 1-479 = Neuer Fond (New grouping)

Cod. Mixt. 1-1943 = Codices Mixti (Mixed languages)

Cod. H. O. 1-231 = Codices Historia Osmanica (Ottoman history)

Cod. Gl. 1-250 = Codices of the Glaser collection

Slavic manuscripts: Cod. Slav. 1-236 (229-233 blank) = Codices Slavici

Syrian manuscripts: Cod. Syr. 1-11 = Codices Syriaci

The following is a list of especially notable manuscripts kept in Vienna.

European manuscripts

Codex Vindobonensis 387, a Carolingian astronomical compendium

Codex Vindobonensis 521, a 13th-century manuscript of Adam von Bremen's Gesta

Codex Vindobonensis 751, 9th-cenntury collections of the letters of Saint Boniface

Codex Vindobonensis 795, a 9th-century manuscript with letters and treatises of Alcuin

Cod. Vindob. 1856, the Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza

Cod. Vindob. 1857, the Hours of Mary of Burgundy

Cod. Vindob. 1897, the Hours of James IV of Scotland

Cod. Vindob. 1908, the Hours of Maria d’Harcourt

Codex Vindobonensis B 11093, 15th century, combat treatise

Latin New Testament

Codex Vindobonensis Lat. 502, 7th-century manuscript of the Gospels

Codex Vindobonensis Lat. 1235,6th-century manuscript of the Gospels

Greek manuscripts

Cod. Vindob. med. gr. 1, the Vienna Dioscurides, Constantinople, c. 512.

Codices Philologici et Philosophici graecis

Codex Vindobonensis Philos. 2, a manuscripts of the treatise "On the Soul" of Aristotle

Codex Vindobonensis Philos. 75, a manuscripts of the treatise "On the Soul" of Aristotle

Codex Vindobonensis Philos. 157, a manuscripts of the treatise "On the Soul" of Aristotle

Codices Theologici graeci

Vienna Genesis, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 31, with two leaves of Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus

Minuscule 123, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 240, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 123 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 124, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 188, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 124 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 125, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 50, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 125 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 218, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 23, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 218 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 219, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 321, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 219 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 220, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 337, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 220 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 404, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 313, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 313 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 421, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 210, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 421 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 424, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 302, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 424 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 425, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 221, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 425 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Minuscule 434, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Theol. Gr. 71, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 434 in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Codices Juridici graeci

Lectionary 45, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Jur. gr. 5, a lectionary manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 45 in the Gregory-Aland numbering, 10th century

Papyri

Pap. Vindobonensis gr. 2325, known as the Fayyum Fragment, apocryph of the New Testament, 3rd century

Pap. Vindobonensis gr. 17973, manuscript of the New Testament, designated by P ³³ in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Pap. Vindobonensis gr. 39784, manuscript of the New Testament, designated by P ³⁴ in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Pap. Vindobonensis K. 7377. 7384. 7386. 7426. 7541-7548. 7731. 7912. 7914, manuscript of the New Testament, designated by P ⁴¹ in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Pap. Vindobonensis K. 8706, Greek-Coptic manuscript of the New Testament, designated by P ⁴² in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Pap. Vindobonensis G. 31974, manuscript of the New Testament, designated by P ⁴⁵ in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Pap. Vindobonensis gr. 42417, manuscript of the New Testament, designated by P ¹¹⁶ in the Gregory-Aland numbering

Codices Supplementum graecum

Minuscule 3, also known as Codex Vindobonensis Suppl. gr. 52, a minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by 3 in the Gregory-Aland numbering