Unbekannte aber geläufige Fremd- und Fachwörter in frühneuzeitlichen Zeitungen konnte man nachschlagen: in sog. Zeitungs-Lexica, in "verteutschten Avisen-Curieren". Das war Parallel-Lektüre, Horizonttraining und Wissenszugang.
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Frühe Zeitungen seit dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert enthielten viele Fremdwörter und Fachtermini, weil die Inhalte (Neuigkeiten, auch "Zeytungen" genannt) großteils aus "Avisen" stammten - aus brieflichen Meldungen verfasst von gebildeten Spezialisten.
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Zum Verständnis der hochtrabenden Avisen-Meldungen, aus denen die Zeitungsdrucker systematisch kopierten und abschrieben, wurden Hilfspublikationen aufgesetzt: Die Spezialisten-Worte der Avisen - "Ausländische Wörter" -wurden in "Avisen-Curieren", wie diesem von 1695, erklärt. 3/
Aus den Fremdworterklärpublikationen erwuchsen schnell neue Expertenprojekte für eine gehobene Leserschaft: Conversations-Lexica in mehrbändigen Auflagen. Bühne auf für ein "Reales Staats- Zeitungs- und Conversations-Lexicon" zur Erklärung von Zeitungssprache. 4/
Die Tagesberichterstattung in Zeitungen war eine Rohform der Geschichtsschreibung, so schon damals die Überzeugung auf Seiten der Zeitungshersteller. Da Klios Feder, wie im Bild zu sehen, gerne fremdwörtelte, lasen die Engelchen zur Welterkundung mit einem "Zeitungs-LEXICON". 5/5
We will build an online reference work for the annually-published Early Modern German writing calendar, the #Schreibkalender, funded by @dfg_public and in cooperation with the "AG Digitale Forschungsdaten und Forschungsinformationen" @UniFAU.
While being a characteristic part of the contemporary media ensemble in the German-speaking areas of Europe, the #Schreibkalender was produced from its beginning in 1540 in high quantities and reached very large audiences. #bookhistory#mediahistory
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The #Schreibkalender was a paper-based material artefact resulting from complex and specialized publishing and printing processes, and also a document of handwritten interaction. Within the typical dual content of the Kalendarium (containing astronomical information and ...
Schools in early modern Europe were social spaces of learning and teaching, and above all, paper was present. A thread for #paperhistory and #bookhistory. What you see is an imagined schooling scene from the seventeenth century by Jan Steen.
It was not too uncommon to have paper broadsides or broadsheets glued to the walls. These printed upon paper products could be used for educational purposes too. The one in the painting seems to be carrying script, printed words. On paper.
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In the upper right corner of the room we see the usual artifacts of the so-called book industry: a bound book, an unbound book, loose paper sheets in different formats, fresh and used papers. A learned setting and everyday business of dealing with paper and knowledge.
One of my scholarly lists about early modern stuff is fighting this Christmas. So far, this is the best punch line: “You belong on Twitter, not on a scholarly list.”
Here we go, the scholarly list started with the Nazi argument.
“Would it be possible to remember that this is a list for discussion of 18th-century topics, and that it would be a courtesy to list members to pursue it elsewhere?”
Robert Hooke's "Micrographia" of 1665 invented and fueled the myth of the existance of a paper eating "book-worm". According to the inventor, the worm was "silver-shining" and "eats holes through leaves and covers" (p. 208).
I am curious to learn if the non-Western book cultures invented the bookworm (or similar small animals eating books or paper/parchment etc.) as well? #globalbookhistory to the rescue. Thanks for spreading the word.
What kind of insect Hooke found around 1665 in one of his damaged books remaines unclear. However, Hooke's invention still fuels the idea of a living book thread, an ememy. "This Animal probably feeds upon the Paper and covers of Books, and perforates in them several small ...
How to get your manuscript into print and published? Often authors needed to approach and meet a publisher. And this was regularly a painful experience for early modern authors. Here, in 1666, an author enters a publisher's office. #bookhistory 1/x
The imagined scene is from a copperplate print of the 1666 book business mocking print by Aegidius Henning: "Gepriesener Büchermacher Oder Von Büchern/ und Bücher machen ein zwar kleines/ jedoch lustiges und erbauliches Büchlein..." (VD1:048499D)
The publisher was mainly a financing agent, sometimes in early days running the print shop as well. He needed to calculate his material productions: how expensive was the paper needed? Do we have enough ink? Was the type ready? Workload: Worry, pay attention, write letters. 3/x
The Writing-Master (Schönschreibmeister) Adam Fabricius made this prayer of repentance: "speculum hominis". It is a copperplate print with lots of details.
On the left: the title / On the right: the year of print.
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The centered title "speculum hominis" is framed by explaining verses that follow the oval-shape and start on the left. The verses? "Wer Gotts Gesetz vollkomlichhelt, Dem hab dieß Werck nit fürgestelt, Wer aber seine Sünd bekent, der liebet es biß an sein End/ Denn ...