====== Statistics of the CERL Thesaurus ====== === From 14-04-2026 === ==== Records ==== ^Number^Designation^ | **1565781**|total records| | || | **36677**|**IMPRINT PLACE NAMES**| | 35973|non-fictional names| | 260|fictional names| | 129|identification uncertain| | 315|names used for more than one place| | || | **106328**|**IMPRINT NAMES**| | 105740|non-fictional names| | 513|fictional names| | 48|identification uncertain| | 27|names used for more than one imprint name| | || | **1385106**|**PERSONAL NAMES**| | 1254968|non-fictional names| | 9959|fictional names| | 107597|identification uncertain| | 12582|names used for more than one person| | || | **37670**|**CORPORATE BODY NAMES**| | 37267|non-fictional names| | 401|fictional names| | 1|identification uncertain| | 1|names used for more than one corporate body| \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:records_type.svg |Types of records }} \\ ==== Provenance information ==== ^Record type^Total records^Records with linked provenance information^ |Personal names | 1385106| 26795| |Corporate body names | 37670| 4204| \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:provenance_persons.svg |Personal name records with linked provenance information }} \\ \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:provenance_corporate.svg |Corporate body name records with linked provenance information }} \\ \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:provenance.svg |Records with linked provenance information }} \\ ==== Variant name forms ==== ^Number^Designation^ | **3132508**|total variant name forms| | || | 67079|total variant name forms **IMPRINT PLACES** | | 66128|//- thereof non-fictional name forms//| | 951|//- thereof fictional name forms//| | || | 182362|total variant name forms **IMPRINT NAMES**| | 180471|//- thereof non-fictional name forms//| | 1891|//- thereof fictional name forms//| | || | 2818449|total variant name forms **PERSONAL NAMES**| | 2767517|//- thereof non-fictional name forms//| | 50932|//- thereof fictional name forms//| | || | 64618|total variant name forms **CORPORATE BODY NAMES**| | 64616|//- thereof non-fictional name forms//| | 2|//- thereof fictional name forms//| ==== Standard forms ==== ^Number^Designation^ | **1707599**|total standard forms| | || | **22219**|total standard forms **IMPRINT PLACE NAMES**| | 21809|imprint place names (default)| | 203|fictional imprint place names| | 121|identification of entities uncertain| | 86|imprint place names used for more than one entity| | || | **106073**|total standard forms **IMPRINT NAMES**| | 105482|imprint names (default)| | 516|fictional imprint names| | 48|identification of entities uncertain| | 27|imprint names used for more than one entity| | || | **1541648**|total standard forms **PERSONAL NAMES**| | 1407334|personal names (default)| | 11636|fictional personal names| | 110067|identification of entities uncertain| | 12611|personal names used for more than one entity| | || | **37659**|total standard forms **CORPORATE BODY NAMES**| | 37592|corporate body names (default)| | 66|fictional corporate body names| | 1|identification of entities uncertain| | 0|corporate body names used for more than one entity| ==== Other information ==== ^Number^Designation^ | 1953909|source references ('Found in')| | 948223|imprint sources| | 1203382|general notes| | 1454275|biographical dates / dates of activity| | 1881613|activity notes| | 1711915|geographical notes| | 532150|related personal names| | 38808|related imprint names| | 145143|related corporate names| | 1164772|place of activity notes| | 51288|printer's devices etc. notes| | 58376|online resources (Hyperlinks)| | 2893303|remote access to external systems| | 67847|//- thereof to STCN//| | 37741|//- thereof to provenance information//| ==== De-duplicating ==== ^Number^Designation^ | **510181**|merged records in total| | 170285|records resulting from merger| | 143308|//- thereof records edited manually//| | 288580|cases, in which merging of records has been refused| | 691133|remaining references to probably duplicate records| | 1783|//- thereof in records with standard forms marked as 'identification uncertain'//| \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:merged_total.svg |Merged records in relation to total record count }} \\ ==== Origin of authority data ==== ^Country of origin^File owner^Code^total^cnl^cni^cnp^cnc^caf^ |Austria|The Bernstein Consortium|''AtBPA''| **2127**| 2127| | | | | |Belgium|Katholieke Universiteit Leuven|''ODIS''| **65**| | 65| | | | |Belgium|Bibliotheek van de Universiteit Antwerpen|''STCV''| **1502**| | 1502| | | | |Canada|The Women's Print History Project, Canada|''WPHP''| **14965**| | 4193| 5560| 5212| | |Croatia|Nacionalna i Sveucilišna Knjižnica|''NSK, NSB''| **943**| 178| 765| | | | |Czech Republic|The National Museum Library, Prague (Czech Republic)|''aba010''| **355**| | | 13| 342| | |Denmark|Det Kongelige Bibliotek København|''DkKoKB''| **1505**| | 1505| | | | |France|Bibliothèque nationale de France|''BNF''| **218309**| | 16175| 189523| 12611| | |France|Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon|''FrLy''| **1148**| | | 946| 202| | |France|Fondation Custodia|''MarCus''| **4179**| | | 3566| 613| | |Germany|Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München|''BSB,VD16''| **14538**| | 1930| 12608| | | |Germany|Deutsche Nationalbibliothek|''DE-588a''| **4045**| | | 4045| | | |Germany|Deutsche Nationalbibliothek|''DE-588b''| **1080**| | | | 1080| | |Germany|Deutsche Nationalbibliothek|''DE-588c''| **509**| | | 455| 54| | |Germany|Bibliotheksverbund Bayern|''DE-604''| **61**| | | 61| | | |Germany|Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin|''DE-611''| **4208**| | | 3746| 462| | |Germany|HANS, SUB Göttingen (Germany)|''DE-7-HANS''| **8012**| | | 6032| 1980| | |Germany|Deutsches Musikarchiv, Berlin|''DMA''| **10**| | | 10| | | |Germany|Deutsche Nationalbibliothek|''GND''| **878415**| 16415| 27472| 834528| | | |Germany|Germania Sacra Online|''GScrO''| **39230**| | | 38186| 1044| | |Germany|Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin|''GYBL''| **227**| | | 174| 53| | |Germany|Franckesche Stiftungen Halle Bibliothek|''GYHF''| **5**| | | 4| 1| | |Germany|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek, Hannover|''GYHN''| **3**| | | 3| | | |Germany|Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München|''GYMG''| **6866**| 2760| | 3682| 424| | |Germany|Universitätsbibliothek Rostock|''GYRU''| **29**| | | 28| 1| | |Germany|Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar|''GYWH''| **598**| | | 472| 126| | |Germany|Freie Universität Berlin|''GyBFU''| **178**| | | 178| | | |Germany|Gemeinsamer Biblitoheksverbund|''GyGoGBV''| **195381**| | 13894| 178722| 2765| | |Germany|Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen|''GyGoN''| **313**| | | 216| 97| | |Germany|Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg|''GyHaS''| **4**| | | 4| | | |Germany|Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel|''GyWbHAB''| **2083**| | | 1825| 258| | |Germany|Mainzer early-modern academics’ libraries|''MABFN''| **58**| | | 58| | | |Germany|Deutsche Nationalbibliothek|''PND''| **113515**| | 99| 113416| | | |Germany|Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin|''SBB-TW''| **4140**| | 4140| | | | |Germany|Institut Deutsche Presseforschung, Universität Bremen|''UBrm''| **749**| | | 749| | | |Germany|Memoriae renovatae decades (CAMENA),(Germany)|''witte_memoriae''| **214**| | | 214| | | |Hungary|National Széchényi Library, Budapest|''HUBpOSK''| **543**| 543| | | | | |Italy|Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico|''ICCU''| **15615**| | 2713| 11716| 1186| | |Italy|Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli|''IT-NA0079''| **209**| | | 156| 53| | |Italy|Biblioteca nazionale centrale Vittorio Emanuele II Roma|''IT-RM0267''| **198**| | | 60| 138| | |Italy|Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma|''IT-RM0313''| **379**| | | 317| 62| | |Italy|Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana Venezia|''IT-VE0049''| **1398**| | | 1228| 170| | |Italy|RICI database|''RICI''| **7131**| | | 6227| 904| | |The Netherlands|Koninklijke Bibliotheek|''NL-HaKB''| **54823**| 301| 12131| 42256| 135| | |The Netherlands|Universiteit Utrecht|''NL-UtRU''| **762**| | 762| | | | |The Netherlands|Koninklijke Bibliotheek|''NeNKHB''| **11777**| | | 11777| | | |Poland|Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie|''BUW''| **3694**| | | 3298| 396| | |Poland|Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa|''PlWaBN''| **16407**| | 621| 15718| 68| | |Poland|NUKAT union catalogue of Polish academic and research libraries|''nukat''| **15699**| | 3055| 12244| 400| | |Poland|Biblioteka Ossolineum|''plolw''| **6824**| | 1536| 5133| 155| | |Poland|Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie|''plwau''| **5020**| 1| 539| 4219| 261| | |Poland|Wroclaw University Library (Poland)|''plwro''| **7009**| | 1880| 4996| 133| | |Russia|National Library of Russia|''RuNLR''| **6647**| | 1963| 4529| 155| | |Slovakia|Slovak National Library|''MaSNL''| **149**| | 55| 94| | | |Spain|Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona|''ES-BaCBU''| **4466**| | | 4397| 69| | |Spain|Universitat de Barcelona|''ES-BaUB''| **6274**| | 4611| 1489| 174| | |Spain|Biblioteca de la Universidad de Salamanca|''ES-SlU''| **2233**| | | 2131| 102| | |Spain|Biblioteca Nacional de España|''SpMaBN''| **648**| | 648| | | | |Spain|Biblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid|''SpMaUC''| **1207**| | | 1029| 178| | |Switzerland|Universitätsbibliothek Basel|''SzBaU''| **1306**| | | 1145| 161| | |United Kingdom|Book Owners Online|''BOO''| **2902**| | | 2902| | | |United Kingdom|Consortium of European Research Libraries|''CERL''| **1973**| | | 1883| 90| | |United Kingdom|British Library|''ESTC''| **53335**| | | 49628| 3707| | |United Kingdom|University of Glasgow Library|''GlU-inc''| **1348**| | 425| 755| 168| | |United Kingdom|National Library of Scotland|''NLS-SBTI''| **8197**| | 8197| | | | |United Kingdom|National Library of Scotland|''NLS-SSP''| **197**| 197| | | | | |United Kingdom|Owners of Incunabula, CERL database|''OWNINC''| **16998**| | | 13900| 3098| | |United Kingdom|Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire|''PRFL''| **66**| | | 66| | | |United Kingdom|University of Aberdeen Library|''StAbUL''| **1343**| | | 1281| 62| | |United Kingdom|British Library|''Uk''| **1207**| | 1207| 161| 8| | |United Kingdom|British LibraryCyCl|''UkCyCl''| **1201**| | | 1072| 129| | |United Kingdom|British LibraryMiTe|''UkMiTe''| **169**| | | 161| 8| | |United States|Library of Congress (United States)|''DLC''| **83**| | | 83| | | |United States|The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names|''TGN''| **1**| 1| | | | | //Not in this list are the Cathedral Libraries Catalogue (UK) and the Royal Library of Stockholm (S).// \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:origin_cnl.svg |Origin of imprint place data }} \\ \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:origin_cni.svg |Origin of imprint name data }} \\ \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:origin_cnp.svg |Origin of personal name data }} \\ \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:origin_cnc.svg |Origin of corporate body name data }} \\ ==== Editing ==== **Please note:** These statistics on editing activities over the years are not constant because upon merger of two records, editing signatures from one of the records are lost. DCG aims to provide a more meaningful retrospective constant overview in due course. === Created records === ^Year^total^cnl^cni^cnp^cnc^caf^ |2001| **2**| | 2| | | | |2002| **472**| 469| 3| | | | |2003| **20**| 18| 1| | 1| | |2004| **30**| 24| | 6| | | |2005| **11**| 8| 1| 2| | | |2006| **2**| 2| | | | | |2007| **6**| | 4| 1| 1| | |2008| **2755**| 1| 2749| 4| 1| | |2009| **17**| | 16| 1| | | |2010| **22**| 4| 6| 10| 2| | |2011| **218**| 14| 2| 201| 1| | |2012| **287**| 5| 2| 232| 48| | |2013| **318**| 3| 2| 168| 145| | |2014| **636**| 12| 2| 314| 308| | |2015| **559**| 17| 48| 366| 128| | |2016| **22**| 14| | 4| 4| | |2017| **22**| 10| | 1| 11| | |2018| **9**| 6| | 3| | | |2019| **249**| 86| | 119| 44| | |2020| **144**| 104| 1| 32| 7| | |2021| **225**| 17| 1| 190| 17| | |2022| **144**| 27| | 88| 29| | |2023| **158**| 2| 1| 149| 6| | |2024| **59**| 5| | 50| 4| | |2025| **58**| 2| | 43| 13| | |2026| **84**| 8| | 51| 25| | ^total^ 6529^ 858^ 2841^ 2035^ 795^ ^ === Edited records === ^Year^total^cnl^cni^cnp^cnc^caf^ |2010| **8428**| 775| 36| 7527| 90| | |2011| **9413**| 1151| 81| 8176| 5| | |2012| **2811**| 187| 29| 2572| 23| | |2013| **8653**| 53| 61| 8138| 401| | |2014| **3556**| 222| 40| 2546| 748| | |2015| **5541**| 225| 46| 4336| 934| | |2016| **4472**| 176| 53| 3467| 776| | |2017| **2598**| 75| 43| 2257| 223| | |2018| **3295**| 1191| 18| 1933| 153| | |2019| **5260**| 2306| 189| 2378| 387| | |2020| **13692**| 847| 745| 11755| 345| | |2021| **16017**| 45| 292| 15674| 6| | |2022| **2016**| 258| 3| 1738| 17| | |2023| **900**| 9| 94| 745| 52| | |2024| **768**| 7| 11| 745| 5| | |2025| **550**| 2| 27| 507| 14| | |2026| **228**| 11| 12| 148| 57| | ^total^ 151663^ 8968^ 2247^ 136182^ 4266^ ^ \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:edited_total.svg |Edited records in relation to total record count}} \\ \\ {{ :resources:cerl_thesaurus:edited.svg |Editing records}} \\