Special collections

Published 30 October 2003

Searching in the collections of the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana

Digital catalogues

Most modern and early works, not printed in Hebrew characters, are included in the Catalogue of the University of Amsterdam, as well as modern Hebraica from 1990 onwards and an increasing number of early printed books in Hebrew characters.

Printed catalogues

  • Catalog der Hebraica und Judaica aus der L. Rosenthal'schen Bibliothek / M. Roest. Amsterdam, 1875.
  • Een keur uit de handschriften en boeken [van de] Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana / [J.M. Hillesum]. Amsterdam, 1919.
  • Systematische catalogus van de Judaica der Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, [with] suppl. I,1. Amsterdam, 1936-71
  • Hebrew and Judaic manuscripts in Amsterdam public collections: I: Catalogue of the manuscripts of the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, University Library of Amsterdam / L. Fuks en R.G. Fuks-Mansfeld. Leiden, 1973.
  • Al tehomot = Op de rand van de afgrond : catalogus van Hebraica en Judaica onder de Duitse bezetting in Nederland verschenen / Jaap Meijer en Adri K. Offenberg. Amsterdam, 1980.
  • E.G.L. Schrijver, 'An inventory of undescribed Hebrew manuscripts in the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana'. In: Studia Rosenthaliana, XX (1986) 2, pp.164-73.
  • M.H. Mirande-de Boer, `An inventory of undescribed Portuguese and Spanish manuscripts in the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana'. In: Studia Rosenthaliana, XX (1986) 2, pp.176-90.
  • L. Giebels, `De archivalia in de Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana'. In: Studia Rosenthaliana, XX (1986) 2, pp.200-9.
  • A short-title catalogue of Hebrew books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana / A.K. Offenberg. Amsterdam, 1990.
  • Towards a supplementary catalogue of Hebrew manuscripts in the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana. Theory and practice / E.G.L. Schrijver. Amsterdam, 1993

Other search options

In the reading room of the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana the following card indexes may be consulted:

  • Alphabetical, handwritten catalogue of Hebraica and Judaica arranged by title.
  • Catalogue of broadsheets.
  • Printers’ catalogue of material printed before 1850.
  • Subject catalogue of Judaica.
  • The ‘Jewish Atlas': subject card-index catalogue of visual material.
  • Card-index catalogue of the Cassuto collection.
  • Various smaller card indexes and printed overviews of parts of the collection.  
Source: Redactie BC