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GERMAN STUDIES: THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

GERMAN STUDIES: THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 614 German Studies THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY By Pe te r Ma cardl e, University of Durham 1. Ge ne ral Ju ¨ rgen Ro ¨ mer, Geschichte der Kurzungen. Abbreviaturen in deutschsprachigen Texten des Mittelalters und der fru ¨hen Neuzeit (GAG, 645), 1997, 237 pp. This work, based on a detailed examination of over 700 medieval and early modern manuscripts, discusses the development of abbrevi- ations in German-language texts in the context of the overall evolution of forms of writing. Though the study is not primarily designed as a reference work, the copious list of abbreviations (40–153) will be a useful palaeographical aid. Friedrich-Carl Stechow, Lexikon der Stammbuchspru ¨che. Stechow’s Stammbuchspru ¨che-Schlu ¨ssel, Neu- stadt an der Aisch, Degener, 1996, xiv + 286 pp., proposes a variety of solutions to the meaning of the many entries in Stammbu ¨cher of the 16th–18th cs which are given as initials only. Josef Ijsewijn and Dirk Sacre ´, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. ii. Literary, Linguistic, Philological and Editorial Questions (Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia, 14), Leuven U.P., xiv + 562 pp., is a completely rewritten second edition of this essential tool. It covers the entire field of neo-Latin writing, giving an accurate summary of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies Brill

GERMAN STUDIES: THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

Macardle, Peter
The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies , Volume 60 (1): 614 – Dec 20, 1998
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614 German Studies THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY By Pe te r Ma cardl e, University of Durham 1. Ge ne ral Ju ¨ rgen Ro ¨ mer, Geschichte der Kurzungen. Abbreviaturen in deutschsprachigen Texten des Mittelalters und der fru ¨hen Neuzeit (GAG, 645), 1997, 237 pp. This work, based on a detailed examination of over 700 medieval and early modern manuscripts, discusses the development of abbrevi- ations in German-language texts in the context of the overall evolution of forms of writing. Though the study is not primarily designed as a reference work, the copious list of abbreviations (40–153) will be a useful palaeographical aid. Friedrich-Carl Stechow, Lexikon der Stammbuchspru ¨che. Stechow’s Stammbuchspru ¨che-Schlu ¨ssel, Neu- stadt an der Aisch, Degener, 1996, xiv + 286 pp., proposes a variety of solutions to the meaning of the many entries in Stammbu ¨cher of the 16th–18th cs which are given as initials only. Josef Ijsewijn and Dirk Sacre ´, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. ii. Literary, Linguistic, Philological and Editorial Questions (Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia, 14), Leuven U.P., xiv + 562 pp., is a completely rewritten second edition of this essential tool. It covers the entire field of neo-Latin writing, giving an accurate summary of

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