Middle Low German Primer written by the Medingen Nuns
Last week, I spent a week as a fellow at the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK). While in Lund, I wanted to take the opportunity to visit a manuscript I already knew well from its digital facsimile.
For English text, see below. Full pdf on the hab.de/jobs website Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w/d) – Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel Die Herzog August Bibliothek sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / einen Wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter (m/w/d) für das
Book Alert: The volume Medinger Handschriften in Hamburg. Neue Ansätze zur Erforschung der Andachts- und Handschriftenkultur, herausgegeben von Katrin Janz-Wenig und Henrike Lähnemann on new insights into the Medingen manuscripts held at the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg is currently undergoing
Guest blog post by Anaïs George, doctoral researcher at Halle Researching the Medingen Manuscript O3 at Keble College In February 2026, I had the opportunity to spend two weeks as an academic visitor in Oxford, working with Henrike Lähnemann. Like
Women and the Reformation. Religious Life, Communication, and Materiality Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, 25–28 August 2027 Deutsche Fassung weiter unten, ebenso eine BibliographieCall for papers on H-Soz-Kult: https://www.hsozkult.de/searching/id/event-163244 The conference Women and the Reformation: Religious Life, Communication, and Materiality will
Republished with thanks from The Historian. The magazine of the Historical Association. Issue 169, Spring 2026, pp. 58-62. Read the full pdf here. The Life of Nuns: love, politics, and religion in medieval German convents In The Life of Nuns:
For anyone who has worked with the manuscripts from Medingen, a newly recognised book is never simply “another manuscript”. It is another voice from a community whose books travelled much further than their makers could ever have imagined. The late
Transparent Textile Curtains and the Experience of Revelation in Medingen Manuscripts Mina Miyamoto BE1, fol. 173v © Staatsbibliothek Berlin (Photo: Mina Miyamoto) When I first began working on textile curtains in medieval manuscripts, I was struck by how easily they
In March 2026, I had the opportunity to spend a week in Copenhagen as part of a Short-Term Scientific Mission at the Royal Danish Library. The aim of this research stay was to work on a group of Middle Low
Lecture for the General Linguistics Seminar, 9 February 2026 5:15pm – Linguistics Large Seminar Room, Faculty of Linguistics, 30.445 6:30pm – Reception in Linguistics Faculty Hub, followed by dinner at Mamma Mia. Sign-up sheet and further information What happens when