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Penn Libraries to Launch New Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies with $20 Million Manuscript Collection GiftPHILADELPHIA, PA – The Penn Libraries have received a major collection of 280Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, valued at over $20 million, from long-time benefactors and Library Board members Lawrence J. Schoenberg (C’53, WG’57, PAR’93) and BarbaraBrizdle Schoenberg. To promote the use of this and other manuscript collections at Penn, theLibraries will create the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies.“Through their extraordinary philanthropy and vision, Larry and Barbara have helpedbuild the foundation for a strong medieval studies program at Penn,” said Penn President AmyGutmann. “This new gift of an unparalleled collection of Medieval and Renaissance artifactsbuilds on that foundation. For generations to come, the collection and Schoenberg Institute forManuscript Studies will have a profound impact on the study of human knowledge and creative invention.”The Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection reflects the passions of its collector—art,science, mathematics and technology—and is utterly unique, comprising early manuscripts inEastern and Western languages and illuminating the scope of pre-modern knowledge of thephysical world in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. http://www.library.upenn.edu/docs/publications/SchoenbergMssCollection.pdfhttp://sceti.library.upenn.edu/ljscollection/index.cfmZur Schoenberg-Colletion siehe?s=schoenberg Ob auch ehem. Donaueschingen Cod. 494 = LJS 463 zur Schenkung gehört? Geschenkt wurden 280 Handschriften, die Sammlung beläuft sich aber auf über 400.(RSS)