I recently was asked by a group of students from UCL to contribute to their research blog, the ingeniously named knowitwall, contributing a post on my research on the Medingen manuscripts under the title Opening Medieval Manuscripts. I found the
New Medingen Psalter in Yale
PhD student Kerstin Herdman has identified another Psalter from Medingen at the Beinecke Library, Yale, MS 1194. She writes: “The Beinecke fragment has 81 folia and begins in the middle of the psalter. Any calendar or texts outside the psalms
New Light on Nuns’ Dust
Auf den Spuren klösterlicher Textarbeit Arbeitsgespräch im Kloster Wienhausen, 5./6. September 2016 Programm Montag, 5. September 9.00 Begrüßung 9.15-9.45 Simone Schultz-Balluff Textzustände und Wissenswelten: Spurensuche in Kloster Wienhausen Verwalten und Kommunizieren 9.45-10.15 Wolfgang Brandis Die mittelalterlichen Textzeugen: Zur besonderen Überlieferungssituation
Nuns’ Network meeting in Freiburg
The project group for editing the letters by the nuns from Kloster Lüne met on 27/28 July in Freiburg. The ‘Nuns’ Network’ project which is supported by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung is led by the historian Eva Schlotheuber and the Germanist Henrike Lähnemann. The first project
The Nuns’ Network report online
The Gerda Henkel Stiftung which generously funds ‘The Nuns’ Network’ to edit the letters collected and written by the Benedictine nuns of Kloster Lüne has highlighted the project in its annual report. Read the full report here
The Bodleian Declaration in Middle Low German
Hijr mede vorplichte ik mi nicht vt de liberye enwech to nemen / doer schriverye to besmetten / vterliken to vorderven ofte in ienigher ander manere to quessen ichtes een boek / breef ofte ienigh ander ding dat daer to
Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts on 22 January
Weston Library, Lecture Theatre, 10-12noon On the day after Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture, there was the opportunity to see all Medingen manuscripts held in Oxford together (list of manuscripts) and discuss various aspects with a panel of specialists. Henrike Lähnemann (Oxford): Introduction
Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts 2: The Bone Plaque
Andrew Honey (Conservator, Bodleian Library): The Plaque in the Psalter and the Bindings On the day after Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture, all four Medingen manuscripts held in Oxford (list of manuscripts) were displayed in the Weston Lecture Theatre and specialists discussed
Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts 1: Introduction
Henrike Lähnemann: Introduction to the Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts On the day after Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture, all four Medingen manuscripts held in Oxford (list of manuscripts) were displayed in the Weston Lecture Theatre and specialists discussed various aspects of the manuscripts.
Launch of the Reformation 2017 Website
As part of Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural events, there was the Launch of a Website Reformation 2017 at the Taylor Institution with presentations from German Studies students and a drinks reception in the Voltaire Room, sponsored by the Cultural Attaché Charlotte Schwarzer