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Inventory and history of the Jacob Böhme Fund (Bestandsaufnahme und Geschichte des Jacob-Böhme-Fonds)

Since 2002 Wroclaw University Library has participated in that 3-year project led by Bibliotheca Hermetica (Amsterdam) and International Jacob Boehme Institute (IJBI) in Görlitz. Aim of the project is to recover manuscripts and prints of Jacob Böhme and his apprentices that originating from Linz Archive which was dispersed during the Second World War. Next step is bibliographical processing of that materials and recreating their history. In WUL, circa 500 manuscript units were identified. Research works have been finished and in October 2007 in Bibliotheca Hermetica (Amsterdam) an exhibition and conference concerning Jackob Boehme were organized. As a results of project’s research works the book "Jacob Boheme road in the world" was published.