Projects : AGATE

Altägyptische Kursivschriften. Digitale Paläographie und systematische Analyse des Hieratischen und der Kursivhieroglyphen

The subject of the interdisciplinary project, which combines egyptological research with methods from computer philology, consists of the ancient Egyptian scripts called Hieratic and cursive hieroglyphic script, both having been used alongside monumental hieroglyphic script for over 3000 years. The inventory of signs taken from selected texts is systematically and digitally recorded with different…

AGATE-ID: PR276

Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands

At the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz and in cooperation with the Technical University of Darmstadt, a digital dictionary of surnames is being developed. For the first time, this dictionary records all currently existing family names Germany (also foreign names) lexicographically, maps them and etymologizes them with the help of maps.

Previous dictionaries of surnames record only a…

AGATE-ID: PR16

Europäische Religionsfrieden Digital

One of the great challenges facing Europe in the 21st century is to enable the peaceful coexistence of religions. The constructive handling of religious and confessional plurality is a task that has accompanied the history of Europe since its beginnings. The emergence of religious peace settlements from the 16th century onward pointed the way for all modern developments. They represent an…

AGATE-ID: PR776

Historische Fremdsprachenlehrwerke digital. Language history, language attitudes and everyday communication in the context of multilingualism in Early Modern Europe

“Historische Fremdsprachenlehrwerke digital” captures and examines historical foreign language textbooks from the Early Modern period (15th to 17th century)

Historical foreign language manuals (Historische Fremdsprachenlehrwerke, FSL) are multilingual, practice-oriented texts for the acquisition of one or more foreign languages that have gained an ever-wider distribution since the 1500s. These…

AGATE-ID: PR809