Any German-speakers on this list? This looks like a goldmine of lost
women's culture!
From: Bettina Wagner <Bettina.Wagner(a)bsb-muenchen.de>
Date: Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 6:06 AM
Subject: Writing Culture in Southern German Women*s Convents
*Writing Culture in Southern German Women's Convents*
'Writing Culture in Southern German Women's Convents' was the focus of a
project funded from September 2008 until May 2012 by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of its action plan on 'Libraries and
Archives in Cooperation with Research'. This programmatic new approach made
possible the cataloguing, digitisation and academic study of medieval
manuscripts and early printed books as well as of pragmatic documents and
archival records from five selected southern German women's convents.
Jointly organised by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich and the
Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in
Münster / Heinrich-Heine-Universität in Düsseldorf, the project studied the
medieval books of these Bavarian convents and their archival holdings
(until 1550) and now presents them embedded in their historical context.
The manuscripts, archival records and incunables created or formerly owned
by the Dominican sisters of Altenhohenau, the Bridgettines of Altomünster,
the Poor Clares (St. Jakob am Anger) and Franciscan Tertiaries
(Pütrichhaus) of Munich and the Benedictines of Neuburg an der Donau
allowed systematic insights into the convent libraries, economic management
and the particular roles of office holders. More broadly the project
offered new perspectives on the education, internal organisation and the
self-conception of these religious communities.
After the dissolution of these houses the historical records were divided
up and as a result, books and documents are today preserved in libraries as
well as in archives. It was therefore crucial to bring them back together
under an overall perspective. Through a synthesis of the source material,
the rich heritage of these often highly-educated women and their engagement
with literature can be assessed and presented in an unprecedented way,
within the wider context of these politically and economically influential
communities.
When the project expired, the project partner provided in-house effort for
the publication of the results. The documents have been recently made
accessible online as well as in a printed catalogue.
A thematic research archive hosted by the Bayerische Landesbibliothek
Online
https://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/sueddeutsche-frauenkloest…
offers introductory texts and an overview of the mediaeval
holdings,structured by subject groups based on mediaeval ways of organising
libraries and knowledge, to allow comparisons, despite the different
quantity of source material from each convent. Links provide direct access
to the digitised manuscripts, early printed books, documents and archival
records. Manuscript descriptions are available online via
http://www.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de.
The printed catalogue contains introductory material and detailed
descriptions of the manuscripts from two of the convents as well as an
overview of the printed material:
Katalog der lateinischen Handschriften der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek
München. Die Handschriften aus den Klöstern Altenhohenau und Altomünster:
Clm 2901-2966 sowie Streubestände gleicher Provenienz, Anja Freckmann,
Juliane Trede and Elisabeth Wunderle, eds, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2016.
Melanie Hömberg's study of the economic practices of the female communities,
'Economic Book Keeping in Context', is available on the homepage through a
link. Almut Breitenbach's publications are listed in the bibliography.
With best wishes,
The Project Team
- Projektleitung, Universität Düsseldorf: Prof. Dr. Eva Schlotheuber
- Projektleitung, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München: Dr. Bettina Wagner
- Admin. Projektleitung, Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Archive
Bayerns: Dr. Joachim Kemper, Dr. Michael Unger, Dr. Julian Holzapfl
- Projektkoordination: Dr. Ingrid Gardill
- Auswertung (Buchbestände): Dr. Almut Breitenbach
- Auswertung (Wirtschaftsschriftlichkeit): Dr. Melanie Hömberg
- Erschließung, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv: Daniel Russell, Dr.
Silvia Strodel, Dr. Peter Urbanek
- Erschließung, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München: Dr. Anja Freckmann,
Dr. Juliane Trede, Dr. Elisabeth Wunderle
- Online-Präsentation, Universität Düsseldorf: Anna Durwen, Anna
Bündgens, Julius Wimmer
- Online-Präsentation, Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online: Dr. Stephan
Kellner, Friedrich Ulf Röhrer-Ertl, Jasmina Zöller
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Dr. Bettina Wagner
Leiterin des Referats Handschriftenerschließungszentrum
und der Inkunabelsammlung
Abteilung fuer Handschriften und Alte Drucke
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Ludwigstr. 16
D-80539 Muenchen
Germany
email: bettina.wagner(a)bsb-muenchen.de
Tel. (++49) 89 / 28638-2982
Fax. (++49) 89 / 28638-12982
postbox: D-80328 Muenchen
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