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Emil Gratzl

إميل غراتسل

Notable figure 1877–1957 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 751; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 395 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, GND authority record 116824093: Gratzl, Emil (1877–1957), librarian, Bavarian State Library

Field: Manuscript cataloguing

Affiliation

Described the Glaser Arabic manuscripts in Munich (1917)

Biography

Born in Munich, where he also died, he spent his career at the Bavarian State Library, becoming a director (1929) and deputy director-general (1936), and was among the most active keepers of its Oriental manuscripts. He described the Arabic manuscripts of Eduard Glaser's collection there, which are of Yemeni origin, in the volume presented to Fritz Hommel (1917).