| Melchior Goldast Von Haiminsfeld: Collector, Commentator and Editor Contributor(s): Baade, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820418358 ISBN-13: 9780820418353 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Foreign Language Study | German - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 91043013 |
| Series: Studies in Old Germanic Languages and Literature |
| Physical Information: 206 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Melchior Goldast was a Swiss scholar, editor and lawyer, born near St. Gallen in 1578, who, in his early years, was engaged in publishing many manuscripts and documents relating to the history and literature of his native land. This study begins with an account of the background and circumstances into which he was born, and a short biography of Goldast. The work focuses on two of his publications: the "Paraeneticorum Veterum Pars 1" (1604), in which early printing of texts from the "Codex Manesse" appeared, and the "Scriptores Rerum Alamannicarum" (1606), a collection of historical texts and other documents important to the history of the early German language. It also examines the reception of these works by German scholars up to 1750, and Goldast's influence on the understanding and appreciation of early German texts. |