Mittelelbisches Wörterbuch
AGATE-ID: PR480
Edition der naturwissenschaftlichen Schriften Lichtenbergs
The aim of the project is to produce a critical, annotated edition of the scientific writings of the Göttingen physicist and philosopher Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799). Lichtenberg was one of the most respected experimental physicists of his time and was also active in many other scientific disciplines. His writings are highly significant testimonies and sources for the history of the…
AGATE-ID: PR415
Stifter-Ausgabe
The historical-critical edition of the works and letters of Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868) comprises a total of about 50 volumes. In addition to his poetic work, the edition will also include all documents of his official activities as school councillor in Linz and as provincial curator of Upper Austria, as well as his extensive correspondence. All volumes contain a text-critical apparatus and a…
AGATE-ID: PR533
Regionalsprache.de (REDE). Ein Forschungsprojekt zu den modernen Regionalsprachen des Deutschen
The objective of the project is to remedy two of the most serious desiderata from the long history of the research of the German language:
- The German dialects have been investigated intensively for 180 years (Schmeller 1821). For the “modern regional languages”, i.e. the linguistic variation areas, which present the spoken everyday language of most of the members of the linguistic community in…
AGATE-ID: PR255
Deutsche Inschriften des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit
Medieval and early modern inscriptions crafted before 1650, in Latin and German language, situated in German-speaking areas are at the heart of this project. Inscriptions are significant and unique historical sources because they are often preserved in an authentic state and in their original setting. For the premodern era, script which was affixed to stone, wood, metal, glass as well as textiles…
AGATE-ID: PR17
Patristik: Nilus-Ausgabe/ Handschriften Nyssa
The research focus of the office site in Münster has been on the edition of texts of the Church Fathers that have survived and the compilation of a finding aid of the Greek early Christian writings on papyrus. Since 1995, work has focused on the edition of the Church Father Nilus of Ancyra (died around 430). In addition, the "Lexicon Gregorianum" was developed.
AGATE-ID: PR665
Prosopographia Imperii Romani
The Prosopographia Imperii Romani is a biographical dictionary, which essentially covers the ruling class of the Roman Empire in the early and high imperial period. The investigation period begins the Battle of Aktium 31 BC, which sealed the monarchical future of Rome. It ends with the reign of Diocletian (284-305), as the state and social structure of the empire had changed considerably since his…
AGATE-ID: PR590
Tamilex. Establishment of an electronic corpus of classical Tamil literature and the corresponding historical lexicon informed by emic exegetical and lexicographical sources
The early poetic anthologies of classical Tamil form part of the great literary heritage of mankind, even if they are still little known in the West. Just the first millennium comprises a tradition of erotic and heroic poetry, but also didactic, epic and devotional collections, along with a sophisticated systems of grammatical, poetical and lexicographical knowledge, which on the one hand was used…
AGATE-ID: PR788