Melk Abbey Library

Melk Abbey Library
Melk Abbey Library
48°13′47″N15°20′02″E / 48.22960141912034°N 15.333880307604844°E / 48.22960141912034; 15.333880307604844
Location	Melk [1] , Austria
Type	Baroque-style library
Other information
Website	www.stiftmelk.at

The Melk Abbey Library (Deutsch: Stiftsbibliothek Melk ^[2] ), also known as the Library of Melk Abbey, ^[3] is an Austria-based ^[4] monastic library located in Melk, Austria. ^[5] The library has many rare medieval manuscripts, as well as a large inventory of Baroque literature. ^[6]

In July 2019, a researcher discovered fragments of a famous early erotic work - Der Rosendorn or The Rose Thorn - in the Melk Abbey Library, ^[7] which allows the poem date back to around 1300, two hundred years earlier than previously thought. ^[8]

References

1. "The memory of civilization: New York, Paris, Wiblingen". Stuttgarter Zeitung . August 23, 2018.
2. Cameron Laux (November 4, 2014). "Beautiful libraries in the world". Rheinische Post .
3. "Medieval Stars in Melk Abbey" (PDF). Capital Journal . 12 May 2012.
4. Claire Lampen (July 26, 2019). "700 Years Before The Vagina Monologues, There Was the Vagina Dialogue". Thecut.com.
5. "162 Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World". Bored Panda . Mar 6, 2015.
6. Patrick Lo; Allan Cho; Dickson K.W. Chiu (25 September 2017). World ́s Leading National, Public, Monastery and Royal Library Directors: Leadership, Management, Future of Libraries. De Gruyter. pp. 381–. ISBN   978-3-11-053091-9.
7. "Medievalists excited at parchment fragment of 'vagina monologue'". The Guardian. Jul 26, 2019.
8. "A Rediscovered Erotic Poem Might Indicate the Middle Ages Were Sexier Than We Thought". Mental Floss . July 31, 2019.