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Manuscripts from German-Speaking Lands is a three-year collaboration between the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford and the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. Funded by The Polonsky Foundation, the project seeks to open up the medieval German manuscript collections of two world-class libraries for research and reuse.
German Manuscript Deutsche HandSchriften Blog
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In the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel all books intended for digitization are first assessed in terms of their physical condition, opening characteristics, and the particularly intensive mechanical stress and its impact on being handled during the conversion process ..read more
German Manuscript Deutsche HandSchriften Blog
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An internet wag has observed that one will emerge from Covid-19 isolation as a monk, a hunk, a chunk, or a drunk ..read more
German Manuscript Deutsche HandSchriften Blog
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Earlier this month, the Bodleian hosted a panel discussion to celebrate the (near!) completion of our Manuscripts from German-Speaking Lands digitization project ..read more
German Manuscript Deutsche HandSchriften Blog
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A fifteenth-century prayer book, now Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 1179 Helmst., features two drawings pasted on the flyleaf: a sombre portrait of Jesus and a charming representation of Mary Magdalene ..read more