What is Bavarian State Library?
[[File:Bayrische Staatsbibliohek.jpg|thumb|The Bavarian State Library]] The '''Bavarian State Library''' (''Bayrische Staatsbibliothek'', ''BSB'') in [[Munich]] is the state [[library]] of [[Bavaria]]. It is an important universal library. In mid 2012, there were about 9.3 million books in the library. The oldest of them are from the [[Middle Ages]]. There are also about 90,000 [[manuscript]]s in the library. Among these are the Codex Aureus, an illustrated [[gospel]] [[book]] from the [[10th century]], one of the three surviving versions of the [[Nibelungenlied]], and the [[Carmina Burana]]. It also contains about a third of the surviving early prints, known as Incunables. Among them is the [[Gutenberg Bible]]. A [[law]] was introduced in [[1639]]. This law says that two copies of each book published in Bavaria must be given to the state library for free. {{Europe-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Munich]] [[Category:Organizations based in Munich]] [[Category:Libraries in Germany]]