AGATE

Beethovens Werkstatt. Genetische Textkritik und Digitale Musikedition

• Germany
• Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz
• Edition
• Running

By linking two new, reciprocally interrelated research approaches – Genetic Text Criticism and the Digital Edition – the highly complex dynamics of compositional processes in Beethoven’s oeuvre, for the investigation of which source tradition and indexing provide ideal conditions, are to be explored, documented, and reproduced in exemplary digital editions in a new way.

The aim of the project is…

AGATE-ID: PR110

Read more

Bibliotheca Arabica. Towards a New History of Arabic Literature

• Germany
• Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
• Collection
• Running

With its scope and diverse subject matter, Arabic literature is one of the richest in the world. Beginning in the 7th century CE, it blossomed within a civilization characterized by a vast network of cultural traditions and ties that were shaped by Islam. Like the Akkadian and Chinese literatures, Arabic literature is an ancient and erudite archive of knowledge. Until well into the 19th century,…

AGATE-ID: PR83

Read more