Karl Manitius

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Karl Manitius (born July 23, 1899 in Dresden , † December 26, 1979 in Bernried ) was a German historian .

After returning from the First World War , the son of the historian Max Manitius studied history, German and Latin at the University of Leipzig . In 1923 he received his doctorate with the thesis The Franconian historians of the Carolingian era and the secular sciences . From 1924 to 1945 he was a teacher at various grammar schools and state high schools, in Leipzig, Waldenburg in Saxony and finally in Dresden. Through the mediation of Fritz Rörig , he joined the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) at the Academy of Sciences in East Berlin in 1949 , where he was responsible for the edition of literary texts from the early Middle Ages. In 1958 Gunzo, Epistola ad Augienses, and Anselm von Besate, Rhetorimachia appeared in Weimar . In several essays he dealt with medieval library history. After moving to Bavaria (1968), the edition Sextus Amarcius, Sermones was published in Weimar , on which he has been working since 1955. The edited edition of the Bible poem of Eupolemius was published in 1973.

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Monographs

  • Science in the Beginning Middle Ages. A study of the Franconian historical sources of the Carolingian era. Rohland & Berthold, Crimmitschau 1924.

Editorships

  • Max Manitius: Manuscripts by ancient authors in medieval library catalogs. (= Journal for Librarianship Supplement 67). Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1935.

Editions

  • Epistola ad Augienses and Anselm von Besate: Rhetorimachia. Böhlau, Weimar 1958.
  • Sextus Amarcius: Sermones. Böhlau, Weimar 1969.
  • Eupolemius: The Bible Poem. Böhlau, Weimar 1973.

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personal data
SURNAME Manitius, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1979
Place of death Bernried on Lake Starnberg