‘EX MEDINCK’ Medieval Manuscripts from Medingen convent (12-13 October 2007)
The conference starts on Friday, 12 October, with an excursion to Medingen on 13 October. Registration till the 10 October: Hans-Walter Stork, Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Von-Melle-Park 3, 20146 Hamburg, Tel.: 0049-40-42838-3371, stork@sub.uni-hamburg.de
Friday, 12 October 2007 CONFERENCE
(Conference Room II of the State- und University Library Hamburg)
from 9am Registration
9.30 Gabriele BEGER: Introduction
10.00 Wolfgang BRANDIS: Medingen in the context of the convents on the Lüneburg Heath. A historical introduction
11.00 Hans-Walter STORK: Retro-Paleography? Writing in the Medingen Mss.
12.00 Henrike LÄHNEMANN: Maccaronic text and bilingualism. The Latin-Low German Text Production of the Medingen prayer-books
Lunch
15.00 Christine PUTZO / Katharina GEORGI: Manuscript-Workshop: The Hamburg prayer-books as a mss-ensemble
17.00 Beate BRAUN-NIEHR: SBPK Berlin Ms. theol. lat. oct. 189 – A Psalter for Medingen
18.00 Andres LAUBINGER: A database for the Medingen manuscripts – Perspectives
19.00 Final Discussion
Saturday, 13. Oktober 2007 EXCURSION to the Protestant Convent of Medingen
(train from Hamburg-Dammtor 9.48, arrival Bad Bevensen 10.45)
11.00 Abbess Monika VON KLEIST: A guided tour through the buildings
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Music from the Medingen Manuscripts in the Church
(Train from Bad Bevensen 17.09, arrival Hamburg Hauptbahnhof 18.01)
Conference Fee
to be payed on the day: 30 Euro (incl. coffee, lunch, handouts, trip to Medingen) / 20 Euro (for Friday)
On both days, there is the opportunity to view the exhibition (open 9am to 9pm); at 9am there will be a short tour by Hans-Walter Stork and Henrike Lähnemann.
The full programme can be downloaded from the website of the Library. Further information on the exhibition. How to get there: Metrobus 4 or 5 to “Staatsbibliothek” resp. S11, S21, S31 and train to “Dammtor”