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25-482: It contains numerous historical treasures, and a copy of all works printed in Denmark since the 17th century are deposited there. Thanks to extensive donations in the past, the library holds nearly all known Danish printed works back to and including the first Danish books, printed in 1482 by Johann Snell . The library was founded in 1648 by King Frederik III , who contributed a comprehensive collection of European works. It

50-476: A concert hall in addition to the library. The Black Diamond is formed by two black cubes that are slightly tilted over the street. In between, there is an eight-storey atrium whose walls are white and wave-shaped, with a couple of transversal corridors that link both sides, and balconies on every floor. The atrium's exterior wall is made of glass; so, you can see the sea; and, on the opposite shore, you can see Christianshavn's luxury buildings. Three bridges connect

75-570: A house on the island Laeso . Vibeke and Per separated in 2002. In 2005, he Married Mari Anne Duus Jørgensen in Grundtvig's Church . Kirkeby had four children: two daughters and two sons. In 2013, Kirkeby sustained a serious brain injury in a domestic fall accident. He announced in 2015 that he had given up all further attempts to resume painting after the accident, but continued to create small etchings. He died on 9 May 2018 at his home in Hellerup and

100-560: A large and significant collection of old foreign scholarly and scientific literature, including precious books of high value and of importance for book history, including a rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible . The library holds treasures which are inscribed on UNESCO 's Memory of the World Register : A collection of about 2,000 books by and about Carl Linné (1997); the manuscripts and correspondence of Hans Christian Andersen (1997);

125-536: A painter, sculptor, writer, and printmaker. His works were exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1976, 1980, 1993, 1997, and 2005. In addition, he worked with theatre productions, designing the set for the New York City Ballet 's 1999 production of Swan Lake , and the set and costumes for their 2007 production of Romeo and Juliet . In 1977, he published Fliegende Blätter. He published a book of essays on

150-482: A variety of mediums, including: painting, graphic arts, 8 millimeter films and performance pieces. By the time Kirkeby completed a master's degree in arctic geology at the University of Copenhagen in 1964, he was already part of the important experimental art school " eks-skolen ." His interest in geology and other aspects of the natural world was fundamental to and characteristic of his art. Kirkeby went on to work as

175-509: Is 11,400,000 loans (10,900,000 of these are electronic loans). The members are 32,196 active users. The annual budget: 394M Danish Kroner (58M US Dollars), including building expenses and maintenance. The library is open to anyone above the age of 18 with a genuine need to use the collections. Special rules apply for use of rare and valuable items. The old building of the Slotsholmen site was built in 1906 by Hans Jørgen Holm . The central hall

200-570: Is a copy of Charlemagne 's Palace chapel in the Aachen Cathedral . The building is still being used by the library. In 1999, a new building adjacent to the old one was opened at Slotsholmen, known as the Black Diamond . The Black Diamond building was designed by Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen . Named for its outside cover of black marble and glass, the Black Diamond building houses

225-483: Is however not a holding of The Royal Library but of the University of Copenhagen . In 2010, the library acquired the 14th-century Courtenay Compendium at auction. 55°40′25.77″N 12°34′55.95″E  /  55.6738250°N 12.5822083°E  / 55.6738250; 12.5822083 Johann Snell Johann Snell (fl. 1482; died after 1519) was a German printer. He appears to have been born in Hannover and

250-781: The Copenhagen Psalter , the Dalby Gospel Book , the Angers fragment (parts of Denmark's first national chronicle), and maps of the Polar Region. The library also holds important collections of Icelandic manuscripts, primarily in Den gamle kongelige samling (The Old Royal Collection) and Den nye kongelige samling (The New Royal Collection). Denmark's most outstanding Icelandic collection, the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection ,

275-606: The Knights of St. John , Snell printed De obsidione et bello Rhodiano , an account of the Turkish siege of the island of Rhodes . These are the first two books printed in Denmark. While in Stockholm in 1483–84, he also produced the first book printed in Sweden, Dialogus creaturarum , a richly illustrated volume dated 1483. He appears to have been brought to Sweden to print a missal for

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300-720: The Order of the Dannebrog and in 2003 he received the Herbert Boeckl Prize for his lifetime of work. In 1957, Kirkeby began studying natural history at the University of Copenhagen . As a research assistant, he went on several trips to Greenland , in 1958, 1959, and 1960. In 1962, he began studying at the Experimental Art School in Copenhagen ( Danish : Den Eksperimenterende Kunstskole ). During his time there, worked with

325-520: The Søren Kierkegaard Archives (manuscripts and personal papers) (1997); Guamán Poma de Ayala 's El Primer Nueva Coronica y Buen Gobierno , an autographed manuscript of 1,200 pages including 400 full-page drawings depicting the indigenous point of view on pre-conquest Andean life and Inca rule, the Spanish conquest in 1532, early Spanish colonial rule, and the systematic abuse of the rights of

350-761: The Tate , Metropolitan Museum of Art , Museum of Modern Art , and the Centre Pompidou . Kirkeby became a member of the Danish Academy in 1982. In 1990 he received the Art Prize of NORD/LB , which is endowed for outstanding efforts in the subject of contemporary art. In 1996 he received the Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award and the Henrik Steffens Award. In 1997 he became a Knight of

375-568: The Archbishopric of Uppsala, known as Missale Upsalense vetus , which typographic evidence shows him to have printed in Stockholm in late 1484. He apparently then returned to Lübeck, where the last record of him is in 1519. Per Kirkeby Per Kirkeby (1 September 1938 – 9 May 2018) was a Danish painter , poet, film maker and sculptor. His works have been exhibited worldwide and are represented in many important public collections, including

400-506: The Black Diamond with the old part of the Royal Library; those three bridges (two small ones for internal transport and a big one with the circulation desk) go over the road. At the ceiling of the big bridge, there is a huge painting by Danish painter Per Kirkeby . The Royal Library acquires Danish books through legal deposit. The holdings include an almost complete collection of all Danish printed books back from 1482. In 2006, legal deposit

425-622: The Danish Folklore Archive was merged with the Royal Library. The first librarian was Marcus Meibom , followed 1663-1671 by Peder Griffenfeld . Later librarians included J. H. Schlegel, Jon Erichsen, Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer (1787-1823 notorious for stealing numerous books to enrich the library collections) and Chr. Bruun. Since 1900 the former librarians are H.O. Lange (1901-1924), Carl S. Petersen (1924-1943), Svend Dahl (1943-1952), Palle Birkelund (1952-1982), Torkil Olsen (1982-1986), Erland Kolding Nielsen (1986-2017), followed by

450-833: The Danish Internet by legal deposit. As of 2017, the Royal Library held 36,975,069 physical volumes and 2,438,978 electronic titles. The online catalogue, in combination with the reading room, is still patrons' most direct form of access to the collections. Today, The Royal Library has five sites: The main library at Slotsholmen , Copenhagen harbour (in the Black Diamond ), covering all subjects and special collections; one at Nørre Alle , Faculty Library of Natural and Health Sciences; one at Gothersgade, central Copenhagen, Faculty Library of Social Sciences; one at Amager , Faculty Library of Humanities; and, one in Studiestræde, central Copenhagen, The Faculty of Law Library. The annual circulation

475-564: The indigenous population (2007). Biblia Latina . Commonly called the Hamburg Bible or the Bible of Bertoldus (MS. GKS 4 2°), a richly illuminated Bible in three very large volumes made for the Cathedral of Hamburg in 1255. The 89 illuminated initials in the book are unique both as expressions of medieval art and as sources to the craft and history of the medieval book. (2011); Other treasures are

500-598: The present Director General Svend Larsen. In the 1970s, the library saw the largest book theft in Danish history, with the case only being resolved in 2003. Almost 3,200 works (books and similar), mostly antiques, were stolen from the library by an employee. Most have since been recovered, but a few hundred remain missing. Books, journals, newspapers, pamphlets and corporate publications, manuscripts and archives, maps, prints and photographs, music scores, documentation of folkways and popular traditions, four annual electronic copies of

525-510: The visuals for the ouverture to Dancer in the Dark . Per Kirkeby was born 1 September 1938 in Copenhagen to Alfred Kirkeby Christensen and Lucy Helga Alice Nisbeth Bertelsen. His father Alfred was an engineer and he spent his childhood between Bispebjerg and Husum . In his adult life, Kirkeby lived and worked between Hellerup , Læsø , Frankfurt am Main and Italy . In 1979, he married film producer Vibeke Windeløv . The next year he purchased

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550-640: The works of Delacroix , Manet , Picasso in 1988. Kirkeby taught as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe beginning in 1978, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (1978–1989) and at Städelschule in Frankfurt (1989–2000). In 1996, he collaboratively works as a painter for three films with filmmaker Lars von Trier , creating the chapter headings for Breaking the Waves and Antichrist , as well as

575-480: Was extended to electronic publications and now the library harvests four electronic copies of the Danish Internet each year. Danish books printed before 1900 are digitized on demand and made freely available to the public. As the National library, RDL has vast collections of digital material (Danish net archive, digitized radio and TV and newspapers etc.) which are relevant for scholars in many fields. The library also holds

600-601: Was in Rostock in 1475, where he apparently served his apprenticeship with the Brotherhood of St. Michael, and in Lübeck in 1480, where he was an independent printer and bookbinder. He may also have studied at the University of Rostock in 1481. In 1482 he was brought by Bishop Karl Rønnov to Odense to print a short prayer book ( breviary ), Breviarium Ottoniense . At the same time, presumably for another ecclesiastical client such as

625-698: Was opened to the public in 1793. In 1989, it was merged with the prestigious Copenhagen University Library (founded in 1482) (UB1). In 2005, it was merged with the Danish National Library for Science and Medicine (UB2), now the Faculty Library of Natural and Health Sciences. The official name of the organization as of 1 January 2006 is The Royal Library, the National Library of Denmark and the Copenhagen University Library . In 2008,

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