RL Archive E 8 a: Library records, "List of Schumacher" (1665)

Paper, 4ff. (2 bifolia), ca. 33 × 20,7 cm; Copenhagen (1665)

E 8 a in the the archive of the Royal Library is an internal document with records of books and manuscripts in the library of king Frederik III. The document is anonymous and undated, but can be identified as written by the king’s librarian Peder Schumacher (later Griffenfeld) at the end of 1665

The document includes a list of 45 manuscripts, datable or dated from around 1000 to 1665. It is the earliest known list of manuscripts in the kings library, and reflects the historical nucleus of the collection of manuscripts in the Royal Library

The pages A2 recto, B1 verso and B2 recto are blank

Bibl.: Chr. Bruun, Det store kongelige Bibliotheks Stiftelse under Kong Frederik den Tredie og Kong Christian den Femte, København 1873, p. 60. - Erik Petersen, Wulfstans kodex og Schumachers liste. Om den ældste fortegnelse over håndskrifter i Det Kongelige Bibliotek, in: Fund og Forskning 48, København 2009, p. 7-56 (Summary p. 54-56: Wulfstan’s Codex and Schumacher’s List. On the Oldest Record of Manuscripts in the Royal Library) [offprint online]

Erik Petersen