Dissertationes veteres

Main collection

Special Collections

Parent collection

Special collections formed in the library

Accrual status

Completed

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Collection description and availability

Collection description

Dissertationes Veteres is the National Library of Finland's collection of old European dissertations, published before 1851. The library has a nearly perfect collection of dissertations from Lund and Uppsala. The Protestant universities of North Germany are also well represented, but the collection also has a wide range of dissertations from other European universities. The collection contains over 50,000 titles.

The Dissertationes Veteres collection includes the dissertation collection acquired by Count Jan Pieter van Suchtelen (Diss. Suchtelen), which was donated to the library in 1836.

Catalogue information

Paper catalogue made of the collection

Printed catalogues have been made of the Swedish dissertations. These can be read in the Special Collections Reading Room:

Lidén, Johan Henric, Catalogus disputationum. Upsaliæ 1779–80. Location: Erik 015 Ruotsi and Ref. Bibliogr. Diss. Sweden

Marklin, Gabriel, Catalogus disputationum, 1778–1819. Uppsala 1820. Location: Erik 015 Ruotsi and Ref. Bibliogr. Diss. Sweden

Marklin, Gabriel, Catalogus disputationum, 1820–1855. Upsala 1856. Location: Erik 015 Ruotsi and Ref. Bibliogr. Diss. Sweden

Chief librarian Jorma Vallinkoski compiled a card catalogue of the European dissertations in the 1950s and 1960s (digitised in Doria http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201207036149).

Part of the collection has been catalogued on the title level.

Collection materials in format

Analogue

Material type

Books

Link

Signum

H Diss. Vet.

Restrictions of use

Only for Special Reading Room

Contact information:

Special Collections

Kansalliskirjasto

kk-erik@helsinki.fi

Subcollections

Parallel collection

Aboica

Index terms:

Collection coverage

Topics

research on Antiquity
research on the Middle Ages
research of learning and science history
research of personal histories
research of literary culture

Collection languages:

Multiple languages

Collection size

50 000 volumes
118 linear metres

Temporal coverage of the collection

the Middle Ages
beginning of the modern age
modern age (turn of the 18th and 19th century to the 20th century)

Spatial coverage of the collection

Eurooppa
Pohjoismaat
Suomi

Cataloguing principles

The dissertations have been catalogued into Helka on the title level (praeses, respondent, title). In the card index the books are alphabetised in accordance to the praeses, respondents are presented in reference cards.

Structure of the collection

Swedish dissertations (Diss. Vet. Ruotsi)
Van Suchtelen's collection (Diss. Vet. Suchtelen)
Von Korff's collection (Diss. Vet. Korff)
Collection of dissertations on jurisprudence (Diss. Vet. Jur.)
Miscellaneous early dissertations (Diss. Vet. Var.)
Early dissertations of the Engström collection (Diss. Vet. Engström)

Publications

Ahonen, Harri, ”Helsingin yliopiston kirjaston vanhojen väitöskirjojen kokoelma”, Helsingin yliopiston kirjaston tiedotuslehti 1999:5, s. 18.
Paaskoski, Jyrki, ”Kreivi Jan Pieter van Suchtelenin väitöskirjakokoelma Helsingin yliopiston kirjastossa”, teoksessa Res publica litteraria. Helsingin yliopiston kirjaston julkaisuja 71. Helsinki 2001, s. 83–94.