Statistics of the CERL Thesaurus

From 14-10-2025

Records

NumberDesignation
1552917total records
36669IMPRINT PLACE NAMES
35965non-fictional names
260fictional names
129identification uncertain
315names used for more than one place
105912IMPRINT NAMES
105324non-fictional names
513fictional names
48identification uncertain
27names used for more than one imprint name
1372770PERSONAL NAMES
1242761non-fictional names
9897fictional names
107598identification uncertain
12514names used for more than one person
37566CORPORATE BODY NAMES
37162non-fictional names
402fictional names
1identification uncertain
1names used for more than one corporate body


Types of records

Provenance information

Record typeTotal recordsRecords with linked provenance information
Personal names 1372770 26795
Corporate body names 37566 4203


Personal name records with linked provenance information

Corporate body name records with linked provenance information

Records with linked provenance information

Variant name forms

NumberDesignation
3090983total variant name forms
67075total variant name forms IMPRINT PLACES
66124- thereof non-fictional name forms
951- thereof fictional name forms
178770total variant name forms IMPRINT NAMES
176880- thereof non-fictional name forms
1890- thereof fictional name forms
2780492total variant name forms PERSONAL NAMES
2729836- thereof non-fictional name forms
50656- thereof fictional name forms
64646total variant name forms CORPORATE BODY NAMES
64644- thereof non-fictional name forms
2- thereof fictional name forms

Standard forms

NumberDesignation
1694096total standard forms
22214total standard forms IMPRINT PLACE NAMES
21804imprint place names (default)
203fictional imprint place names
121identification of entities uncertain
86imprint place names used for more than one entity
105486total standard forms IMPRINT NAMES
104895imprint names (default)
516fictional imprint names
48identification of entities uncertain
27imprint names used for more than one entity
1528835total standard forms PERSONAL NAMES
1394649personal names (default)
11579fictional personal names
110065identification of entities uncertain
12542personal names used for more than one entity
37561total standard forms CORPORATE BODY NAMES
37494corporate body names (default)
66fictional corporate body names
1identification of entities uncertain
0corporate body names used for more than one entity

Other information

NumberDesignation
1948289source references ('Found in')
941731imprint sources
1198024general notes
1436703biographical dates / dates of activity
1850912activity notes
1677590geographical notes
515210related personal names
39382related imprint names
141795related corporate names
1135737place of activity notes
49770printer's devices etc. notes
57535online resources (Hyperlinks)
2881337remote access to external systems
67851- thereof to STCN
37740- thereof to provenance information

De-duplicating

NumberDesignation
507793merged records in total
169525records resulting from merger
142839- thereof records edited manually
288380cases, in which merging of records has been refused
728017remaining references to probably duplicate records
1784- thereof in records with standard forms marked as 'identification uncertain'


Merged records in relation to total record count

Origin of authority data

Country of originFile ownerCodetotalcnlcnicnpcnccaf
AustriaThe Bernstein ConsortiumAtBPA 2127 2127
BelgiumKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenODIS 65 65
BelgiumBibliotheek van de Universiteit AntwerpenSTCV 1502 1502
CanadaThe Women's Print History Project, CanadaWPHP 14965 4193 5560 5212
CroatiaNacionalna i Sveucilišna KnjižnicaNSK 943 178 765
Czech RepublicThe National Museum Library, Prague (Czech Republic)aba010 355 13 342
DenmarkDet Kongelige Bibliotek KøbenhavnDkKoKB 1505 1505
FranceBibliothèque nationale de FranceBNF 218316 16175 189530 12611
FranceBibliothèque Municipale de LyonFrLy 1148 946 202
FranceFondation CustodiaMarCus 4179 3566 613
GermanyBayerische Staatsbibliothek MünchenBSB,VD16 14540 1930 12610
GermanyDeutsche NationalbibliothekDE-588a 4045 4045
GermanyDeutsche NationalbibliothekDE-588b 1080 1080
GermanyDeutsche NationalbibliothekDE-588c 509 455 54
GermanyBibliotheksverbund BayernDE-604 61 61
GermanyStaatsbibliothek zu BerlinDE-611 4208 3746 462
GermanyHANS, SUB Göttingen (Germany)DE-7-HANS 8012 6032 1980
GermanyDeutsches Musikarchiv, BerlinDMA 10 10
GermanyDeutsche NationalbibliothekGND 866302 16415 27244 822643
GermanyGermania Sacra OnlineGScrO 39230 38186 1044
GermanyStaatsbibliothek zu BerlinGYBL 227 174 53
GermanyFranckesche Stiftungen Halle BibliothekGYHF 5 4 1
GermanyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek, HannoverGYHN 3 3
GermanyBayerische Staatsbibliothek MünchenGYMG 6866 2760 3682 424
GermanyUniversitätsbibliothek RostockGYRU 29 28 1
GermanyHerzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, WeimarGYWH 598 472 126
GermanyFreie Universität BerlinGyBFU 178 178
GermanyGemeinsamer BiblitoheksverbundGyGoGBV 195400 13894 178741 2765
GermanyStaats- und Universitätsbibliothek GöttingenGyGoN 313 216 97
GermanyStaats- und Universitätsbibliothek HamburgGyHaS 4 4
GermanyHerzog-August-Bibliothek WolfenbüttelGyWbHAB 2083 1825 258
GermanyMainzer early-modern academics’ librariesMABFN 58 58
GermanyDeutsche NationalbibliothekPND 113515 99 113416
GermanyStaatsbibliothek zu BerlinSBB-TW 4140 4140
GermanyInstitut Deutsche Presseforschung, Universität BremenUBrm 749 749
GermanyMemoriae renovatae decades (CAMENA),(Germany)witte_memoriae 214 214
HungaryNational Széchényi Library, BudapestHUBpOSK 543 543
IrlandConsortium of European Research LibrariesCERL 1973 1883 90
ItalyIstituto Centrale per il Catalogo UnicoICCU 14776 2512 11153 1111
ItalyBiblioteca Nazionale di NapoliIT-NA0079 209 156 53
ItalyBiblioteca nazionale centrale Vittorio Emanuele II RomaIT-RM0267 198 60 138
ItalyBiblioteca Casanatense, RomaIT-RM0313 379 317 62
ItalyBiblioteca Nazionale Marciana VeneziaIT-VE0049 1398 1228 170
ItalyRICI databaseRICI 7131 6227 904
The NetherlandsKoninklijke BibliotheekNL-HaKB 54825 301 12131 42258 135
The NetherlandsUniversiteit UtrechtNL-UtRU 762 762
The NetherlandsKoninklijke BibliotheekNeNKHB 11777 11777
PolandBiblioteka Uniwersytecka w WarszawieBUW 3694 3298 396
PolandBiblioteka Narodowa, WarszawaPlWaBN 16409 621 15720 68
PolandNUKAT union catalogue of Polish academic and research librariesnukat 15700 3055 12245 400
PolandBiblioteka Ossolineumplolw 6825 1536 5134 155
PolandBiblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawieplwau 5020 1 539 4219 261
PolandWroclaw University Library (Poland)plwro 7010 1880 4997 133
RussiaNational Library of RussiaRuNLR 6648 1963 4530 155
SlovakiaSlovak National LibraryMaSNL 149 55 94
SpainBiblioteca de Catalunya, BarcelonaES-BaCBU 4466 4397 69
SpainUniversitat de BarcelonaES-BaUB 6274 4611 1489 174
SpainBiblioteca de la Universidad de SalamancaES-SlU 2233 2131 102
SpainBiblioteca Nacional de EspañaSpMaBN 648 648
SpainBiblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de MadridSpMaUC 1207 1029 178
SwitzerlandUniversitätsbibliothek BaselSzBaU 1306 1145 161
United KingdomBook Owners OnlineBOO 2902 2902
United KingdomBritish LibraryESTC 53337 49630 3707
United KingdomUniversity of Glasgow LibraryGlU-inc 1348 425 755 168
United KingdomNational Library of ScotlandNLS-SBTI 8197 8197
United KingdomNational Library of ScotlandNLS-SSP 197 197
United KingdomOwners of Incunabula, CERL databaseOWNINC 16998 13900 3098
United KingdomPoets Laureate in the Holy Roman EmpirePRFL 66 66
United KingdomUniversity of Aberdeen LibraryStAbUL 1343 1281 62
United KingdomBritish LibraryUk 1207 1207 161 8
United KingdomCanterbury Cathedral LibrariesUkCyCl 1201 1072 129
United KingdomMiddle Temple Library, LondonUkMiTe 169 161 8
United StatesLibrary of Congress (United States)DLC 83 83
United StatesThe Getty Thesaurus of Geographic NamesTGN 1 1

Not in this list are the Cathedral Libraries Catalogue (UK) and the Royal Library of Stockholm (S).


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Origin of imprint name data


Origin of personal name data


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

Yeartotalcnlcnicnpcnccaf
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 2756 1 2750 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 256 86 124 46
2020 144 104 1 32 7
2021 226 17 1 191 17
2022 149 27 92 30
2023 159 2 1 150 6
2024 59 5 50 4
2025 43 1 33 9
total 6445 849 2842 1985 769

Edited records

Yeartotalcnlcnicnpcnccaf
2010 8431 776 36 7529 90
2011 9415 1151 81 8178 5
2012 2816 188 29 2576 23
2013 8654 53 61 8139 401
2014 3557 222 40 2546 749
2015 5544 225 46 4339 934
2016 4474 176 53 3469 776
2017 2599 75 43 2258 223
2018 3298 1191 18 1936 153
2019 5265 2306 189 2383 387
2020 13697 847 744 11759 347
2021 16025 45 292 15682 6
2022 2017 258 3 1739 17
2023 900 9 94 745 52
2024 768 7 11 745 5
2025 441 1 2 433 5
total 151380 8958 2209 136010 4203


Edited records in relation to total record count


Editing records