Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch. Kapitel ja, aber Kapitular? Im Frühjahr des Jahres 813 wurde laut den Annales regni Francorum auf einer Versammlung in Aachen entschieden, dass im Verlauf dieses Jahres an (fünf) verschiedenen Orten im Frankenreich Bischöfe zusammenkommen sollten, um über die Reform der Kirche (super statu ecclesiarum corrigendo) zu beraten. […]
Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch. Die Kapitularien sind in ihrer Gestalt und in ihrem Inhalt so heterogen, dass es bislang nicht gelungen ist, eine allen Ansprüchen und Einsprüchen genügende Definition zu finden. Die Capitula legi Salicae addita aus der Zeit Ludwigs des Frommen gehören zu jenen Stücken, die sich nur sehr schwer […]
The fates of books can rarely be reconstructed without gaps, and yet the biography of a single object often offers insights into many areas, such as the history of scholarship, of institutions and of collections. The Codex Weissenburgensis 97 is one of the oldest textual witnesses of Salic law. For the Capitularia project it is […]
Our new batch of manuscript pages is all about Wolfenbüttel’s Herzog-August-Bibliothek (HAB): With the addition of Cod. Guelf. Helmst. 254, Cod. Guelf. Helmst. 496a, Cod. Guelf. Helmst. 532, Cod. Guelf. 45 Weiss. and Cod. Guelf. 97 Weiss. the final, hitherto missing pages for Wolfenbüttel manuscripts have now been published on Capitularia. Furthermore, on the occasion […]
Actually, it’s not quite as spectacular as that: these ‘new discoveries’ are capitularies handmade by visitors at the Capitularia Project’s stand on the Academy Day research trail. The results are certainly impressive, though. But first things first… From ‘Moin’ to ‘Meme’ On 8 September 2026, the German Academies invited to this year’s Academies’ Day in […]
With the end of the summer break it is time for another round of manuscript pages. This time, we are publishing six pages for manuscripts held at the Stiftsbibliothek of Saint Gall, with the majority dated to the heyday of capitularies, the 9th century: Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 222 Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 675 Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, […]
On 8 September 2026, the German Academies invite the public to Göttingen for their 2026 version of the annual “Akademientag”, held under the motto “Von Moin bis Meme. Sprache macht Gesellschaft” (“From Moin to Meme. Language Shapes Society”). As part of a research course (10:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Adam-von-Trott-Saal), Dr Britta Mischke and Daniela Schulz will present […]
The blog series ‘From the Engine Room’ is dedicated to the technical aspects and challenges of the ‘Edition der fränkischen Herrschererlasse. Unlike our previous scientific posts on findings and editorial insights, here we focus on the infrastructural, methodological and technological dimensions of a long-term digital project. Since 2014, we have been working on a new […]
In parallel to our progressing edition of the post-840 capitularies, we are organising two sessions at this year’s International Medieval Congress in Leeds. Both sessions are focusing on the Edict of Pîtres from 864, probably the best-known (and certainly the longest) of Charles the Bald’s capitularies. The sessions (nos. 115 and 215) will take place […]
Behind the Capitularia Project team lie eventful days filled with intensive research, international exchange and valuable networking. We look back on a busy trip to the Eternal City, as well as our participation in the latest network meeting of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts (AWK NRW) in the state capital. Two stops […]
This time, our five newly published manuscript pages lead us to the west of the Rhine, where the manuscripts first saw the light of day, all with a single exception back in the ninth century. The first two manuscripts, featuring capitularies issued by Pippin III and Charlemagne, are kept in Laon while the remaining three […]
Winter is departing, and new manuscript pages are blossoming at Capitularia. This time, we offer codices of southern German origin, most containing a copy of the Capitulare monasticum (BK 170): Salzburg, Archiv der Erzdiözese Salzburg, 10/107 Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Fürstenberg 655 Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, HB I 163 Trier, Stadtbibliothek, 1238/602 Trier, Stadtbibliothek, 1382/145 Additionally we […]