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Ziegler and Bach – Workshop

Workshop on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the collaboration between Christiane Mariane von Ziegler and Johann Sebastian Bach and the performance of BWV 128 with the team from the new edition of the works of Ziegler, https://www.ziegler-edition.de University of Oxford, 7–8 May 2025 . Full programme Everybody is welcome to attend but places are …

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Emser on Luther’s Bible Translation

Guest blog by Carol Regulski on the launch of her transcription of Hieronymus Emser’s book Auß was grund vnnd vrsach Luthers dolmatschung / vber das nawe testament / dem gemeinē man billich vorbotten worden sey (Leipzig: Wolfgang Stöckel, 1523) https://editions.mml.ox.ac.uk/editions/emser/ My attention was first drawn to Emser’s book in 2009, when Professor David Yeandle at …

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Early Modern German Culture Seminar

The South-East UK Early Modern German Network is delighted to announce its 2025 programme which focusses on early modern printing practices and material culture. All welcome! Monday 20 January, 13:30-15:00, Zoom OnlineJacqui Pearce (Museum of London Archaeology) Bartmann Goes Global! How German stoneware travelled round the known world in the 16th/17th century Monday 3 February, …

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Hans Sachs in Oxford 4: The Edition

By Henrike Lähnemann Preface to the Edition 2024 marks the 500th anniversary of Hans Sachs publishing in quick succession four prose dialogues which became bestsellers, particularly the first one where he has his alter ego, Hans the cobbler, debate a pompous priest – and win the day, of course. That the Taylorian was aware of …

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Hans Sachs in Oxford

On the 500th anniversary of their first publication, the first of the four hilarious, successful and witty Reformation Dialogues by Hans Sachs is reissued in a new edition. This includes a new English translation, a historical introduction, linguistic footnotes, and also the 15th century Dutch and English translations. The launch event comes in three parts, …

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Multilingual Monkcalves and Manuscripts. Working as Intern at Oxford

During Michaelmas Term 2023, Kira Kohlgrüber (Frankfurt) and Karen Wenzel (Augsburg) worked as research interns with Henrike Lähnemann. Here Kira reports on behalf of both of them on highlights of their time in the city, on working with manuscripts, Reformation pamphlets, and xml, and being part of the History of the Book group at the …

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