SCHALLABURG 2018

MISSA GRAECA GOES SCHALLABURG

The FWF-project "Cultural Transfer of Music between Byzantium and the West" was prominently  presented at the exhibition "Byzantium and the West – A 1000 Lost Years" at Schallaburg Castle/Austria from 17 March – 11 Nov 2018

The exhibition was organized by:

Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz together with Leibniz WissenschaftsCampus Mainz and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Current research-projects were invited to be presented at the exhibition with exhibits and public talks.






Presentation of the Paper

"Missa graeca or the Faszination of Greek in the Early Middle Ages"

9 Sept 2018, Schallaburg


One room at the Castle for the project

Room IX was dedicated to the chants of the "Missa Graeca": "The Fascination of the Foreign" was the apt title for the manuscripts on display:

Article:

"Missa graeca: Mythen und Fakten um Griechische Gesänge in westlichen Handschriften"




In connection with the exhibition a scientific companion volume was published under the title "Menschen, Bilder, Sprache, Dinge: Wege der Kommunikation zwischen Byzanz und dem Westen".

The article concerning the Missa Graeca can be found here (in German):