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The edition of the Council Acts of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages is the basis for research into the history of churches and dogmas in the first millennium. The project made available the protocols and documents of the seven ecumenical councils, whose faith decisions were recognized as binding by both the Western and the Eastern Church, in scientifically reliable editions.
AGATE-ID: PR280
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
The research project “Die frühbuddhistischen Handschriften aus Gandhāra: religiöse Literatur an der Schnittstelle von Indien, Zentralasien und China” was established in 2012. On the basis of philological and historical methods, it provides new insight into the early history of Buddhism on its way to becoming a world religion. The project studies manuscripts found in the 1990s in northern Pakistan…
AGATE-ID: PR52
For the critical edition of the Greek prose writings by the Byzantine theologian John of Damascus (700- ca. 750) the authentic works and the works attributed to him are edited, including the Barlaam novel, which is traditionally written under his name and was completed in 2008. The work is coordinated by the Patristic Commission of the German Academies of Sciences, whose aim is to produce critical…
AGATE-ID: PR49
The task of the project is to collect and edit the documents (diplomas and mandates) of Emperor Friedrich II († 1250) according to the guidelines of the “Monumenta Germania Historica”. It is the most comprehensive edition of the Diploma series with about 2,600 documents (original and copied pieces, without deperdita).
The project has the double dimension of the edition of the documents of Emperor…
AGATE-ID: PR88
With the systematic publication of the library catalogues, which were written in Germany and Switzerland until about 1500, the project contributes to the recording of the intellectual heritage of the Middle Ages and to its accessibility for research.
AGATE-ID: PR374
Until the 17th century, the astronomical and astrological works of Claudius Ptolemaeus (2nd century CE) were central source texts for the scientific understanding of the world of Arabic-Islamic and Latin-Christian cultures. The project studies the Arabic and Latin versions of Ptolemy’s major works, the Almagest and the Tetrabiblos, the minor works and pseudepigrapha, as well as the extensive…
AGATE-ID: PR60
The repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages" lists the narrative sources which originated from the time of Charlemagne to Emperor Maximilian I (i.e. approx. 750 to 1519) in the territory of the medieval Frankish and German Empires or which concern German medieval history. To date, the catalogue contains more than 5,300 works in Latin and German, including the "Carmina Burana" and…
AGATE-ID: PR387