Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
The Österreichische Nationalbibliothek—Austria’s largest library—is rooted in the Habsburg imperial world and still holds more than 12 million items. Its origin reaches to 1368, when the books of the Viennese vaults were moved into a library by the Austrian Duke Albert III (1349–1395). That same year produced the oldest book on record in the collection: the 1368 golden Holy Gospels, transcribed by Johannes of Troppau, and written in gold letters with detailed illustrations in Burgundian book art. Today the library complex is housed in the Hofburg, specifically in the Neue Burg Wing, and it later expanded into the Baroque Palais Mollard-Clary; since 2005, some collections have been relocated within that structure. The institution began as the Kaiserliche Hofbibliothek, with the name changing in 1920 after the end of the Habsburg monarchy and the proclamation of the Austrian Republic. …
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