Here are some measures to get a sense of what and how Geyer collected his books.
Breakdown of Geyer's holdings
Let us first see what the collection consist of in kind. There are some 1528 objects. The vast majority are books. Click
on 'Other' to see what the rest is.
Top ten languages of Geyer's Collection
Geyer collected a great variety of different languages. Here are most of them, roughly in order of prevalence.
| # |
Language |
| 1 |
German |
| 2 |
Arabic |
| 3 |
English |
| 4 |
French |
| 5 |
Italian |
| 6 |
Spanish |
| 7 |
Latin |
| 8 |
Russian |
| 9 |
Dutch |
| 10 |
Armenian |
Most popular authors in Geyer's Collection
The following metric might not be exactly accurate, but should give a sense of some of the most prevalent authors in the
collection. The list has been capped for authors with ten or more works.
| # |
Author |
Occurence |
| 1 |
O. Rescher |
29 |
| 2 |
G. Jakob |
25 |
| 3 |
E. Littmann |
22 |
| 4 |
I. Goldziher |
22 |
| 5 |
Th. Nöldeke |
20 |
| 6 |
L. Cheikho S.J. |
16 |
| 7 |
N. Rhodokanakis |
14 |
| 8 |
F. Wüstenfeld |
14 |
| 9 |
J. Horovitz |
12 |
| 10 |
H. Lammens S.J. |
12 |
| 11 |
E. Sachau |
11 |
| 12 |
W. Ahlwardt |
10 |
| 13 |
M. Hartmann |
10 |
| 14 |
A. Kremer |
10 |
| 15 |
A. Grolmann |
10 |
Map showing where Geyer's book originated from
We can show the place of publication for works in the collection. The bigger the line towards Vienna, the more books came
from that place. Hover over the nodes to see the city name and zoom in to get a better look at Europe.
Publishing years
Lastly, we can set off the number of works against their publication year. All books together published before 1903 make
up half of the collection. Hover over the bars to get an accurate count.
