The rediscovered manuscript Ms Eisenach 1361 of the Wartburg Foundation and its partial parallels: edition and location in space and time
Final Report Abstract
The manuscript Ms Eisenach 1361 of the Wartburg Foundation, which was lost for over 100 years and rediscovered in 2015, is a codex of 108 single-column leaves (216 pages) written on both sides, 115x85 mm in size, produced at the beginning of the XIV century and written in a West Middle High German dialect. It begins with thirteen psalms (2r-24v), all of which are translated into Middle High German. This is followed by an anonymous sermon on the feast of the Assumption (25r-33r). From leaf 34r onwards, a series of 80 pieces of text begins (34r- 108v), some of them very short, others somewhat longer. For 16 of these text pieces, "Meister Eckhart" is given as the author, and for another 8 "Meister Thomas". The remaining 56 pieces have been handed down anonymously. The examination has shown that, contrary to first impressions, the collection is highly coherent in terms of subject matter and content: firstly, almost all of the texts can be seen as a discussion of the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas (even if his name is not mentioned), who had not yet been canonized and was not yet perceived as a generally recognized teacher at the time the manuscript was created. Thematically, the texts deal less with pastoral-practical issues of the Summa than with highly speculative metaphysical-theological topics. Secondly, the content of this debate reflects the views and style of Meister Eckhart (even in the texts that have been handed down anonymously or even attributed to Thomas). Some of these texts are Middle High German translations of Eckhart's Latin works. Only the last four texts are closely linked to a German-language sermon (albeit a very metaphysical-theoretical one). The manuscript can therefore be regarded as the result of a vernacular teaching of speculative theological content and can be placed in the context of lay education.
Publications
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"Göttliche Selbstbestimmung und Konstituierung der göttlichen Personen nach Meister Eckhart“, in: hg. D. Mieth, Meister-Eckhart-Jahrbuch. Beihefte. Heft 5: Religiöse Selbstbestimmung, Kohlhammer 2019, S. 59-84 – ISBN 978-3-17-033351-2
Ilnicka J.
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12.-13.04.2023: Colloque International ANR-DFG: „L’apport de l’oeuvre latine de Maître Eckhart“: Le Sermon latin IV, 1 à la lumière des Questions parisiennes
Ilnicka J.
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„Augustinuszitate in der Wartburger Handschrift“, in: ed. M.-A. Vannier, Maître Eckhart, Lecteur d’Augustin, Beauchesne 2020, S. 115-132
Ilnicka J.
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„Die Handschrift Wartburg-Stiftung, Ms. 1361-50 und die Frage nach die Quellensuche“, in: ed. M.-A. Vannier, Maître Eckhart, Lecteur des Pères Grecs, Beauchesne 2020, S. 211-225 – ISBN: 978-2-7010-2326-7
Ilnicka J.
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23.-24.06.2021: Colloque de la Chaire d’Exellence Gutenberg, Metz, Institut Européen d’Écologie „L’Apport de la redécouverte des nouvelles questions Parisiennes aux études Eckhartiennes“: La transmission du texte des Questions parisiennes
Ilnicka J.
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9.-10.09.2021: Colloque International ANR-DFG: „La place des pères dans la première réception d’Eckhart“: Patristische Quellen in der Wartburger Hs.
Ilnicka J.
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11.-12.05.2022: Colloque International ANR-DFG: „Nouvelles découvertes Eckhartiennes“: ‘Meister Thomas’ in der Handschrift Eisenach Ms. 1361-50 (Gi2)
Ilnicka J.
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16.02.2022: Vortrag bei dem Alexander-von-Humboldt-Club Finnland, Mittwochsgespräche: „Forensische historische Theologie. Verdeckte Spuren einer mittelalterlichen Handschrift aus Wartburg“
Ilnicka J.
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„Die Spuren der Vulgata in der mittelhochdeutschen Handschrift „Eisenach Ms. 1361-50““, in: Vulgata in Dialogue: a biblical online review, Bd. 6 (2022
Ilnicka, J.
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"Die Auslegung von Joh. 14,10b in der Handschrift „Eisenach Ms. 1361-50“ der Wartburg-Stiftung“, in: eds M.-A. Vannier, M. Vinzent, The Place of the Fathers in Eckhart’s Commentary on John – La Place des Pères dans le Commentaire Eckhartien de Jean, Peeters 2023, S. 199-228.
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