Research Project
Hans Herzheimer’s Chronicle
Research Team: Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Head of Library and Works on Paper Collection/Archive; Enno Bünz, Universität Leipzig
With the chronicle by Hans Herzheimer, covering the years 1514 to 1519, the MAK’s collection of manuscripts is home to a post-incunabulum of unique value. Alongside the everyday life of his era, “Salt Baron” Herzheimer also describes his encounters with Emperor Maximilian I and Martin Luther. The entire over-300-page manuscript has now been digitized, and have already been transcribed and annotated by the Leipzig-based researcher Professor Enno Bünz. The publication of the text is planned.
Research Team: Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Head of Library and Works on Paper Collection/Archive; Enno Bünz, Universität Leipzig
