Yesterday, in preparation for a Gregorian chant workshop and as part of the History of the Book show-and-tell sessions, Dr Andrew Dunning, R.W. Hunt Curator of Medieval Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, opened the Handbook of the
‘Salve festa dies’ Variations in the Medingen Prayer-Books
Contribution for the online conference ‘Hymnus und Gebet’ The handout is available in two forms: as pdf and as “podcast” which makes the Latin and Middle Low German texts more accessible by reading them out aloud; this does not claim
Lumen ad revelacionem – A Medingen Chant for Candlemas
Listen to a sermon for Candlemas linking the Canticle to a Medingen illumination from the Oxford Psalter The Medingen nuns sang a special version of the ‘Nunc Dimittis’ for Candlemas. Learn more about it in this workshop on the Canticle
Frauenort Mariensee
Opening lecture for the “FrauenORT Niedersachsen 33” (blue plaque scheme for the German State Lower Saxony) at the Abbey of Mariensee in honour of Abbess Odilia of Ahlden. Odilia was Abbess of the Cistercian convent in the early 16th century
Pepper, Prayer, Power, and the Plague. Book Launch for the Letters of Katerina Lemmel
On 26 June 2020, Corine Schleif, Volker Schier and Anne Simon presented key passages from the new edition of the correspondence of the Birgittine nun Katerina Lemmel Katerina Lemmel, née Tucher, came from a wealthy, influential Nuremberg family and her
The Art of Enclosure
Reblogging from a post for the “enclosure” group, an initiative by Stacie Vos that brings together artists interested in the experience of medieval enclosure and its relevance for the current situation. Stacie Vos wrote on 22 June 2020: “Today we
Hamburg Medingen Manuscripts Online!
The SUB Hamburg has uploaded five manuscripts from the Cistercian Abbey of Medingen to the DFG-viewer.
Recycling Parchment
Henrike Lähnemann took part in a webinar series organised by the ICON (The Institute of Conservation) Paper Conservation group, talking about parchment recycling in the dresses from Wienhausen.
Map
Interactive maps of the Libraries holding Medingen Manuscripts originally developed by Micah Goodrich, University of Connecticut, for the seminar on ‘The Nuns’ Manuscripts‘ Heatmap of Medingen ManuscriptsLight to Dark Blue: Location of the Manuscripts in 1542 (After the Reformation Relocation)Yellow
Polonsky Project BODcasts 1: Editing Medingen Manuscripts
Henrike Lähnemann (Professor of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics) talks about how the Polonsky German project helps her to edit the manuscripts from the Cistercian Abbey of Medingen (Northern Germany). Featured websites: Polonsky German project: https://hab.bodleian.ox.ac.uk, Medingen manuscripts: http://medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk/, Latin dictionary: https://logeion.uchicago.edu/vale, Website