Research seminar "Fragmente des Glaubens" (Fragments of faith)

The research findings of the participants in the seminar "Fragmente des Glaubens," taught in the winter semester 2024/25 by Prof. Dr. Anne Greule (History of the Early and High Middle Ages) and Prof. Dr. Jens Scheiner (Islamic Studies), are now available on the on the online blog of the university library (SUB).
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Analysis of the DNA of Parchment Charters

Researchers from the fields of genetics and diplomatics have, within the framework of an interdisciplinary collaboration, conducted genetic analyses on several charters from the Apparatus Diplomaticus. The team led by Prof. Dr. Hedwig Röckelein and Prof. Dr. Henner Simianer examined three parchment charters... (More information)

Tracking the Document Forger

An apparently medieval charter in the Diplomatic Apparatus (App. dipl. Meyer 2) has been identified as an 18th-century forgery. The document supposedly dates from 1266 but mentions a church in Pisa that was built only at a later time.(More information)

Papyrus fragment revealed to be a papal charter

Researchers at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities have uncovered surprising findings regarding a fragment held within the collections of the Diplomatic Apparatus. They succeeded in identifying the two papyrus pieces mounted on textile fabric, bearing the signature App. dipl. 8 E, as part of a papal charter. (More information)