Metten, Bavaria, Benedictines, Abbey of St. Michael OSB
Owner Id2675
TypeCorporate body
Biographical dates - Period of existence776-1803
Other InformationArmorial book-stamps applied in th 17th century (BL Clark's slips). A library in the abbey is testified from the 13th century. It was secularised in 1803 when big portions of the library were taken to Munich (included 475 incunabula). It was reestablished in 1830 (BSB Index of provenances).
Bod-Inc: Founded c.766, dissolved 1803; see Germania Benedictina, 2, 143-8; Cottineau II 1833-4; Krämer II 576; Backmund, Kollegiatstifte, 77; Historische Kataloge, 271-5; a catalogue of incunabula, of 1792, is now in Munich, BSB, Cbm Cat. 427.
[A. Panzanelli].
Variant NamesMetten, Benediktinerabtei St. Michael
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnc00011389
https://aeolus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/incunables/provenances_for_mei.xml#xpointer(//*[@id=
Activity
Start (year)776
End (year)1803
NoteBMC IV, 87: IA.18453; V, p. 393: IB.22295, p. 395: IC.22666, p. 400: IC.22615; VI, p. 866: IC.29453.
MARC Area Codee-gx
Profession / Type of InstitutionReligious institution
CharacterisationReligious
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