Melk Abbey Library

The Melk Abbey Library (Deutsch: Stiftsbibliothek Melk^[2]), also known as the Library of Melk Abbey,^[3] is an Austria-based^[4] monastic library located in Melk, Austria.^[5] The library has many rare medieval manuscripts, as well as a large inventory of Baroque literature.^[6]

Melk Abbey Library
Melk Abbey Library
48.22960141912034°N 15.333880307604844°E / 48.22960141912034; 15.333880307604844
Location	Melk[1], Austria
Type	Baroque-style library
Other information
Website	www.stiftmelk.at

In July 2019, a researcher discovered fragments of a famous early erotic work - Der Rosendorn or The Rose Thorn - in the Melk Abbey Library,^[7] which allows the poem date back to around 1300, two hundred years earlier than previously thought.^[8]