This term’s Oxford Medieval Studies lecture Devotional Culture in Late Medieval Strasbourg is given by Stephen Mossman in honour of Nigel Palmer on Friday 28th October at 5pm in the Taylor Institution. This will be followed by drinks to celebrate both the British launch of Nigel Palmer’s latest publication, The Prayer Book of Ursula Begerin – a critical edition, with an art-historical and literary introduction, of an illuminated manuscript made for a Strasbourg laywoman – and his 70th birthday. Everybody welcome but please RSVP to Modern Languages Office office@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk if you would like to come to make sure there are enough spaces and wine!
On the following day, Saturday 29th October, a workshop will be held on the topic German Manuscripts and Prints in Oxford in the Lecture Theatre Weston Library, 9:15am-5pm. Again, everybody is welcome but please respond to Henrike Lähnemann henrike.laehnemann@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk if you would like to attend.
Friday, 28 October, Taylor Institution - Lecture and Reception
| 15:30 | Tour: Treasures of the Taylorian |
| 17:00 | Stephen Mossman: Devotional Culture in Late Medieval Strasbourg |
| 18:00 | Drinks Reception (Room 2) |
Saturday, 29 October, Weston Library - Colloquium 'German Manuscripts in Oxford'
| 09:15 | Introduction and Welcome Martin Kauffmann |
| 09:30 | Devotional manuscripts from Strasbourg Andrew Honey & Claudia Lingscheid & Monika Studer & Ruth Wiederkehr Undine Brückner & Racha Kirakosian |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 | Prayerbooks, Hymns and Songs Henrike Manuwald, Stefan Matter Elke Brüggen & Franz-Josef Holznagel |
| 12:15 | Glosses and Translation 1 Michael Stolz, Mary Boyle & Peter Kern |
| 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:45 | Glosses and Translation 2 Daniela Mairhofer |
| 15:00 | ‘Paradisus anime intelligentis’ Freimut Löser & Volker Mertens & Ben Morgan |
| 15:45 | Historiography and Incunabula Linus Ubl, Bettina Wagner |
| 16:15 | Bruder Philipp: ‘Marienleben’ Kurt Gärtner & Christina Ostermann |
| 16:45 | Right to respond / Conclusion Nigel F. Palmer |
| 17:00 | End of proceedings |