Felix Heinzer
Felix Heinzer (born May 9, 1950 in Zurich ) is a Swiss theologian , historian , librarian , manuscript researcher and Middle Latin philologist .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1969, Heinzer studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Chur , Rome and Lyon . In 1975 he was ordained a Catholic priest . In 1979 the doctorate to Dr. theol. at the theological faculty of the University of Freiburg i. Üe.
After leaving church service in 1981, he turned to manuscript research. From 1981 to 1986 Heinzer worked at the Badische Landesbibliothek in the field of manuscript cataloging. In 1988 he completed his academic library service training. From 1988 to 2005 he headed the manuscript department of the Württemberg State Library in Stuttgart. In 2002, the Faculty of Arts awarded him the University of Basel , the Venia legendi of General History of the Middle Ages. From 2005 to 2015 Heinzer was full professor for Latin Philology of the Middle Ages at the University of Freiburg i. Br. On October 1, 2017, he was appointed Senior Professor at the University of Hamburg (SFB 955 'Manuscript Cultures').
Heinzer is regarded as an excellent expert on the liturgical tradition of the Middle Ages , but has also made significant research contributions in the field of Southwest German regional studies.
Publications (selection)
- God's Son as a man. The structure of the human being of Christ in Maximus the Confessor (Paradosis 26). Friborg 1980 (dissertation)
- The Reichenau incunabula of the Baden State Library. An unknown chapter of Reichenau library history . Wiesbaden 1989 (initially in: Bibliothek und Wissenschaft 22, 1988, pp. 1–132 Freidok )
- Literal images. On the function of the literal illustration in the Stuttgart Psalter (around 830) . de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018051-0 ( p. 45 Curriculum Vitae ).
- Monastery reform and medieval book culture in the German southwest . Brill, Leiden u. a. 2008, ISBN 978-90-04-16668-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Felix Heinzer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heinzer, Felix . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
- altphil.uni-freiburg.de
Individual evidence
Johanne Autenrieth (1966–1988) | Paul Gerhard Schmidt (1989-2004) | Felix Heinzer (2005–2015) | Frank Bezner (since 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinzer, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |