Pez, Bernhard#
b. Ybbs (Lower Austria), Feb. 22, 1683, d. Melk (Lower Austria), March 27, 1735, Benedictine, brother of Hieronymus Pez. Monastery librarian, historian in the monastery at Melk (from 1700). Travelling with his brother Hieronymus collected manuscripts in Benedictine libraries and in many cases saved them for posterity.
Works#
Ed.: Thesaurus anecdotorum novissimus, 6 vols., 1721-1729; Bibliotheca ascetica antiquo-nova, 12 vols., 1723-1740; further works in M. Kropff, Bibliotheca Mellicensis, 1747.Literature#
M. Kropff, Bibliotheca Mellicensis, 1747 (index of works); J. and M. Niederkorn-Bruck, Hochbarocke Geschichtsschreibung in Melk, in: 900 Jahre Benediktiner in Melk, exhibition catalogue, Melk 1989.