Capitularia - Edition of the Frankish Capitularies

New publication

The first volume of the new edition of the Frankish capitularies has now been published! © AWK/Engel-Albustin Its two parts contain 56 numbers by Louis the Pious and his son Lothar I from the years 814-840. The Latin text of the capitularies is accompanied by a critical apparatus and commentary, but also – for the […]

Dissertation Project on the Epistolary Culture in the early Middle Ages

We welcome a new guest from China, who introduces himself and his PhD project: My name is Xuke Wang, a PhD student from the Department of History at the Peking University. My research topic is “The Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval Europe: A Study on the Epistolae Sancti Bonifatii et Lulli.” Using the letters and […]

Conference on Legal Manuscripts in Cologne

On 16-17 September, an international conference on legal manuscripts organized by Stefan Esders (Berlin), Shigeto Kikuchi (Tokyo), Karl Ubl (Cologne) and the Capitularia team will take place in Cologne: Legal manuscripts in the Frankish world and the transformation of early medieval legal cultures (8th-11th centuries). This is the second part of the final conference of […]

Landed with us …

In August, two of our office chairs will receive new occupants: Franziska Lingk joins the Capitularia project team as our new student assistant, and Prof. Dr. Shigeto Kikuchi will be our guest again for two months, as he was last year. Prof. Kikuchi was recently awarded the Imperial Prize as well as the Japan Academy […]

New manuscript pages

The following manuscript pages were recently published: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Lat. 19414 München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Lat. 29555/3 New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, M. 642 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 5095 Sankt Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacional’naja Biblioteka, Q. v. II. 11 Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. Lat. 421 Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Rh. hist. 28 Furthermore, […]

New manuscript pages

Recently published the following manuscript pages: Gotha, Forschungsbibliothek, Memb. I 85 Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, VLQ 13 London, British Library, Cott. Tiberius A. III London, British Library, Harley 5431 Mailand, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, C. 51 sup. Mailand, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, S. 17 sup. Montserrat, Biblioteca del Monasterio, 995

Conference on Legal Manuscripts at Tokyo

On 28-29 March, a conference on legal manuscripts organized by Stefan Esders (Berlin) and Shigeto Kikuchi (Tokyo) will take place in Tokyo: Legal manuscripts in the Frankish world: Interdisciplinary approaches to the formation and transformation of early medieval legal cultures (8th-11th centuries). This is the first part of the final conference of the Japanese-German project […]

In the Year of the Dragon

… a Chinese PhD student will be our guest! Jiayu Dang, born in 1996, studied History at Northwest University (2014-2018) and obtained his Bachelor’s degree. Then he studied Medieval History at Northeast Normal University (2018-2021). The master thesis topic was the royal succession in the late ninth century Western Frankish Kingdom. Since September 2021, he […]

We are pleased to …

… welcome Daniela Schulz as our new (old) colleague! Daniela is an experienced specialist in the field of digital humanities and manuscript studies and has been involved in the Capitularia project since its inception. The Bibliotheca legum she set up and maintained in collaboration with Dominik Trump served as a model for the Capitularia website. […]

End-of-Year Review 2023

Und schon wieder geht ein Jahr zu Ende … das wir mit unserem traditionellen Rückblick würdigen möchten. In 2023 war einiges los im Capitularia-Projekt. Im Frühjahr organisierten unsere beiden Projektmitarbeiter Dominik Leyendecker und Dominik Trump in Köln eine Tagung zu “Rechtshandschriften des 8. und 9. Jahrhunderts” mit einem internationalen und vielfältigen Programm (Bericht auf H-Soz-Kult). […]