New critical edition of Abbot Wilhelm of Hirsau's vita

在研究著名的希尔索修道院的历史以及11世纪和12世纪修道主义的历史时，中世纪历史学者经常使用修道院院长威廉的《维塔》。虽然这篇文章经常被认为是重要的，但没有对这一来源进行全面的检查。由于这一差距，关于日期、作者和文本意图的核心问题仍然没有得到回答或模糊。雪上加霜的是，学者们被迫研究1856年出版的批判版，其中只包含了今天已知的13份手稿中的4份。这样的版本不符合今天的科学标准。因此，这个项目的目标是创建一个现代批判版的《赫索的阿博特·海尔姆》，以取代旧版本。当然，由于我们所掌握的手稿数量是1856年的三倍，我们可以建立一个更加可靠的文本。由于手稿数量的增加，我们还可以对手稿的传递或它们之间的依赖进行陈述。除此之外，该项目还检查了手稿的生态背景。此外，Vita将根据修道学领域的新研究进行情境化，以避免一概而论的判断。通过我们看待修道院社区的新知识和范式转变，以及对其他Hirsau来源的新评估，我们可以总体上对Vita有一个新的理解。同时，还将在此背景下对语言依赖性和文本编辑进行检查。总之，它是一个中心目标，使文本科学可用，并创建一个最新的理解的维塔。

Abbot Wilhelm of Hirsau's vita has been frequently used by scholarsof medieval history studying the history of the famous monastery ofHirsau as well as the history of monasticism in the eleventh andtwelfth century. Although this text has often been considered asimportant, there are no thorough examination of this source as awhole. Because of this gap, central questions concerning dating,authorship and intention of the text have remained unanswered orvague. This is aggravated by the fact that scholars are forced to workwith a critical edition which was published in 1856 and contains onlyfour of the thirteen manuscripts known today. Such an edition is notconsistent with today's scientific standards. Therefore, it is the goal ofthis project to create a modern critical edition of the Vita of AbbotWilhelm of Hirsau in order to replace the old one. As we haverecourse to three times the number of manuscripts than were knownin 1856, we can establish a much more reliable text. Because of theincreased amount of manuscripts, we can also make statementsabout the transmission of the manuscripts or the dependenciesbetween them. In addition to this, the project examines thecodicological contexts of the manuscripts. Also, the Vita will becontextualized according to new researches in the field ofmonasticism in order to avoid blanket judgements. Through newknowledge and paradigm shifts in the way we look at monasticcommunities and new assessments of other Hirsau sources, we canachieve a new understanding of the Vita in general. Concurrently,there will be an examination of linguistical dependencies and textualediting based on this context. Altogether, it is a central goal to makethe text scientifically usable and to create an up to date understandingof the Vita.