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Medieval German Studies in Oxford cover the full range of the literary, cultural and linguistic heritage of the German speaking lands from 800 to 1600. Special areas of interests are the transmission of text in manuscript and early print, mysticism and devotional writing and courtly literature. We w…

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    Medingen Manuscripts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 30:19


    For the launch of the Polonsky Foundation funded digitisation project of Manuscripts from the German Speaking Lands, Henrike Lähnemann (Oxford) talks about manuscripts from the Cistercian Abbey of Medingen (Lower Saxony). The manuscripts are now in Oxford, Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel. More information https://hab.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/en/blog/blog-post-2/

    Second part of the masterclass: The Medingen Manuscripts in the Bodleian

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 26:00


    Masterclass for the Leverhulme Doctoral Students with Henrike Lähnemann, filmed by Natascha Domeisen. All the manuscripts featured are available via digital.bodleian search 'Medingen' on https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ for more details) O1 Oxford Easter Prayer-Book (c. 1500): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. f. 4 Community: fol. 174v (nuns and lay-people); fol. 28v (prayer for Lüneburg and the Abbess) Printing: fol. 141v (Glued-in maiden); fol. 217v (Glued-in lions); Musical Notation: fol. 90r / 283v-284r / 36v-37r Binding: Early 16th cent. roll with Venus, Prudentius and Lucretia O2 Manual for the Provost (1470s): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. e. 18 Community: fol. 1r (ownership mark of Medingen); Reworking: fol. 2/2* (added in songs with lay-participation) Musical Notation: 81v-83r / 49v-50r Binding: Late 15th cent. stamps with 19th cent. ownership plaque O4 Oxford Medingen Psalter (1510s-1530s): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Don. e. 248 Community: fol. 7v (Obiit entry for Abbess Margarete Puffen), 20v-21r (punctus flexus) Reworking: fol. 18 (Low German replacement prayer), plaque in its 19th century setting Musical Notation: fol. 103r / 277v

    Trailer: Medieval Manuscripts in the Bodleian

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 1:27


    A film of a class for 'Publication Beyond Print', the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Centre. Filmed at the Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, by Natascha Domeisen. Featured manuscripts: MS Add. E. 6; MS Laud. misc. 683; MS Douce 302; MS Lat. liturg. f. 4; MS Lat. liturg. e. 18; MS Don. e. 248. With thanks to Matthew Holford, Curator of Medieval Manuscripts, and the Bodleian Library

    Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Abbess Bärbel Görcke (Mariensee): The Prayer-Book of Abbess Odilia

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 9:33


    Multiple presentations from the German Studies Staff Part 6 of 6: On the 22nd January 2016 the Bodleian hosted a masterclass from Professor Henrike Lähnemann, Chair of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics. The class examined manuscripts made in the Cistercian convent of Medingen during the late 15th century.

    Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Ulrike Hascher-Burger (Utrecht): Musical Notation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 18:21


    Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts Part 5 of 6: On the 22nd January 2016 the Bodleian hosted a masterclass from Professor Henrike Lähnemann, Chair of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics. The class examined manuscripts made in the Cistercian convent of Medingen during the late 15th century.

    Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Alan Coates (Oxford): The Incunable Traces

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 7:30


    Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts Part 4 of 6: On the 22nd January 2016 the Bodleian hosted a masterclass from Professor Henrike Lähnemann, Chair of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics. The class examined manuscripts made in the Cistercian convent of Medingen during the late 15th century.

    Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Nigel F. Palmer (Oxford): Cistercian Punctuation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 28:35


    Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts Part 3 of 6: On the 22nd January 2016 the Bodleian hosted a masterclass from Professor Henrike Lähnemann, Chair of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics. The class examined manuscripts made in the Cistercian convent of Medingen during the late 15th century.

    Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Andrew Honey (Oxford): The Plaque in the Psalter and the Bindings

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 17:35


    Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts Part 2 of 6: On the 22nd January 2016 the Bodleian hosted a masterclass from Professor Henrike Lähnemann, Chair of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics. The class examined manuscripts made in the Cistercian convent of Medingen during the late 15th century.

    Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts: Henrike Lähnemann (Oxford): Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 16:51


    Presentations about the Medingen Manuscripts Part 1 of 6: Masterclass on the occasion of the Inaugural Lecture of Henrike Lähnemann, held on Friday 22 January 2016 in the Lecture Theatre Weston Library. Website: medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk.

    The Future of German Studies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2016 58:46


    Round Table on the occasion of the Inaugural Lecture of Henrike Lähnemann Discussion, held on Friday 22 January 2016 in the Taylor Institution. With contributions by Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer (University of Freiburg), Dr Wilhelm Krull (VolkswagenStiftung), Dr Dorothea Rüland (DAAD), Prof. Katrin Kohl (Oxford German Network), Dr Carsten Dose (FRIAS), Chair: Prof. Ritchie Robertson (Taylor Chair of German Studies).

    The Materiality of Medieval Manuscripts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2016 54:46


    Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture for the Chair in German Medieval Literature and Linguistics. Lecture delivered on Thursday 21 January 2016 in the Taylorian Institute. The subject of the lecture is a new acquisition by the Bodleian Library in Oxford, a psalter written ca. 1500 by the nun Margaret Hopes in the Cistercian convent of Medingen near Lüneburg, MS. Don. e. 248. The hypothesis advanced is that the nuns use the materiality of their prayer-book as the embodiment of their devotion.

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