Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	1002
Title	Framing Knowledge: Codex and Library, I - Scholarly Library Foundations
Date/Time	Wednesday 6 July 2022: 09.00-10.30
Organiser	Steffen Krieb, Regesta Imperii, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz
	Magdalena Müller, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Moderator/Chair	Pia Eckhart, Stadtbibliothek Ulm
	Steffen Krieb, Regesta Imperii, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz
Paper 1002-a	A Scholar at Work: The Nicolaus Matz Library in Michelstadt (Language: English) Magdalena Müller, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Index Terms: Learning (The Classical Inheritance); Manuscripts and Palaeography; Theology
Paper 1002-b	Johannes Tröster and His Book Donation to the University of Ingolstadt: An Analysis from the Perspective of Endowment Studies (Language: English) Maximilian Schuh, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin Index Terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography; Printing History
Paper 1002-c	Byzantine Book Endowments and Their Commemorative Function (Language: English) Zachary Chitwood, Historisches Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Index Terms: Byzantine Studies; Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	Knowledge is constantly produced, confirmed, denied, and changed. Contents, ideas, concepts are considered knowledge as long as and where they find social acceptance. This session highlights the role of the library as a concept, as a metaphor, and as a physical place in these processes of knowledge production and change. Part I is dedicated to the foundation of academic libraries. The collection and organisation of learned books, the close interweaving between library and salvation, and the social formations that sustained the foundations: how did these constellations contribute to contemporary notions of what could be considered learned knowledge?