Resources on the history of the Fugger family
Johann Jakob Fugger (1516-1575) and Ursula von Harrach (1522-1554).
The Fugger family, a family of weavers that had moved to Augsburg in 1367, in the course of the 15th and 16th century became one of Europe's most powerful merchant dynasties. Ennobled at the beginning of the 16th century, the Fuggers started to withdraw step by step from business during the second half of the century. In the decades following 1600 they adopted an aristocratic lifestyle.
In 2009 the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library) acquired two precious and highly informative books on the family history of the Fuggers.
The secret book of honour of the Fugger
signature: Cgm 9460 |
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The "Geheimes Ehrenbuch" (secret book of honour) was crafted between 1545 and 1549 by the workshop of the Augsburg painter Jörg Breu d. J. The manuscript impressively illustrates the Fuggers' self-projection and is an outstanding product of late-Renaissance book illustration from the Augsburg workshop. It is regarded as one of the most important and most valuable family books of the German-language area.
Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum... imagines
signature: Cod.icon. 380 |
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Exhibition Announcement
An exhibition of the two books in the Schatzkammer (treasure vault) of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek will take place from 10 March to 22 May 2010.
On the occasion of the exhibition a richly illustrated exhibition catalogue will be published as part of the BSB's series of exhibition catalogues and the "Patrimonia" series of the Culture Foundation of the German Länder (Kulturstiftung der Länder).
User Guide
The "Geheimes Ehrenbuch" and the "Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum… imagines" are available both in the form of browsable versions and of three-dimensional animated books. The browsable versions are indexed by means of tables of contents.
For opening the animated 3D versions the latest Java version is required, which can be downloaded from the following address:
An expanded presentation of both (including comprehensive tables of content, index of coats of arms and further information) is in preparation.
Information on the project
General Information
The purchase of the two Fugger books was made possible by the support of the following institutions – sincere thanks are again given to them all:- Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung
- Kulturstiftung der Länder
- Volkswagen Foundation
- The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
- Bayerische Landesstiftung
- Kurt und Felicitas Viermetz Foundation
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Presentation and Technology
The Munich Digitisation Centre (MDZ) of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek was responsible for coordinating and implementing the technical realisation of the project. In the scanning centre of the division the high-resolution images of the two books were produced in close cooperation with the Institute for Book and Manuscript Restoration (IBR) of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.The innovative 3D presentation enabling a full view of the object, thus in particular also of the book covers, was developed in cooperation with the company Microbox, Bad Nauheim (using the software book2net Virtual Reading Room). This development enables the completely free browsing, turning and zooming of the digitized works.
The digitised books will be presented both on the internet, on the website of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online (BLO), and in the exhibition area of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, for the first time with a gesture-controlled presentation system.
This gesture-controlled presentation system is new and was developed for presenting manuscripts. The IPointer device of the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (Heinrich Hertz Institute Berlin) was adapted for the presentation of books in cooperation with the MDZ. By means of an innovative gesture control, it provides the possibility to view books, also the book covers, in their entirety [video].
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Zuletzt aktualisiert: 13. Januar 2010