Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer
Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer (11 December 1753 – 21 November 1823), was a German-Danish philologist, theologian, librarian, bibliophile, palaeographer, diplomat, and Bible translator.
Early life and education
Moldenhawer was born in
Academic career
In 1777 he became a professor of theology and oriental languages at the
In 1786 Moldenhawer was sent again to Spain, this time on a confidential diplomatic mission.
Royal Danish Library Chief Librarian
From 1788 Moldenhawer was the chief librarian of the Royal Danish Library. His main interest was to increase the library's collection of recent scientific literature.
Under the management of Moldenhawer, the library's book collection reached 250 000 volumes,[3] and on Moldenhawer's death the library acquired a part of his 12,000 volume private library. Moldenhawer received numerous honors for his work. In 1809 he became a Knight of the royal Danish Order of the Dannebrog.
Besides administrative talents Moldenhawer was also an author. He brought from his travels numerous excerpts and collations, including political history, church and literary history, theology and oriental philology. He was always heavily occupied with his work and duties, especially library work, which was his favorite duty.[4]
At auction for the printed books he bought over 50,000 volumes for 10,000 thalers from the former private collection of Otto Thott (1703–1785).[5] 6159 books of this collection were printed before 1530. He made a second major acquisition in 1796 when he acquired the book collection of Peter Frederik Suhm. Moldenhawer purchased this collection on the condition that the payment would continue in the form of an annuity for Suhm and his wife, but both died shortly after the purchase was completed. In 1797 he purchased the collection of Müllerske Pinakothek (with annual payments to the collector's daughter).[5] In 1803 Peter Uldall donated his manuscript collection to the library.[5][6]
Allegations by Ada Adler
Moldenhawer was a
Personal life
He constructed the country house Vilhelmsdal at Strandvejen north of Copenhagen in 1806. It was designed by Christian Frederik Hansen. He sold the property to the confererensraad Peter Pedersen in 1831.[9]
Works
- Versuche über das erste Buch Mosis, 1780
- Das Buch Hiob übersetzt und erklärt, 2 Vol., Leipzig, 1780/81
- Die Bibel in ihrer wahren Gestalt, für ihre Freunde und Feinde, 3 Vol., Halle, 1786/87 (anonym; Hartmut Hövelmann schreibt es in Kernstellen der Lutherbibel Moldenhawer zu)
- Prozeß gegen den Orden der Tempelherren. Aus den Originalacten der päpstlichen Commission in Frankreich, Hamburg, 1792.
- Über den Ursprung und Fortgang der spanischen Inquisition, 1794
- Oratio, qua Andreae Petro Comiti de Bernstorff in Auditorio regiae Universitatis Havniensis superiori die 25 Martii 1798 parentavit D. G. M., 1798
- Über den Ursprung der Bücherzensur und die Censurverordnungen, 1802
- Über den Einfluß, welche die den Juden in Spanien eingeräumten Rechte im Mittelalter auf die Staatsverfassung und das öffentliche Wohl hatten, 1806
- Hannibal Schestecks erste Ambassade in Frankreich, 1806–1808
- Catalogue supplementaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Royale de Copenhague. Par A. Adler. Avec un extrait du catalogue des manuscrits grecs de l'Escorial redige par D.G. Moldenhawer, 1916.
See also
- Lectionary 42 — one leaf of it is still housed at the Royal Danish Library
- Andreas Birch
References
- ISBN 3-88309-044-1.
- ^ S. P. Tregelles, An Account of the Printed Text of the Greek New Testament, London 1854, p. 5.
- ^ Faktuelle noter om Det Kongelige Bibliotek
- Dansk biografisk leksikon, p. 366.
- ^ Dansk biografisk leksikon, p. 365.
- ^ Det Kgl. Bibliotek: Håndskriftsamlinger og privatarkiver (in Danish)
- ^ Reinhard Markner u.a. (Hg.): Die Korrespondenz des Illuminatenordens, Bd. 2, Berlin 2013, p. 184.
- ^ Erik Petersen, Dominus Pastor Meus Om Det Kongelige Biblioteks Ældste Bibejhåndskrft Og Dets Histoire Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Fund og Forskning, Bind 43 (2004)
- ^ "Vilhelmsdal". Østerbro Bladetdk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
Further reading
- Ada Adler: D. G. Moldenhawer og hans haandskriftsamling, Kopenhagen, 1917
- Christoph Schmitt (1993). "Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 6. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 38–41. ISBN 3-88309-044-1.
- E. Gigas & Fr. Nielsens Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer i 1. at the Dansk biografisk leksikon, pp. 363–368.
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