Papers by Maximilian Gamer
New Approaches to Shorthand: Studies of a Writing Technology, 2024
The first scholar to identify and discuss the Tironian notes since their decline in the eleventh ... more The first scholar to identify and discuss the Tironian notes since their decline in the eleventh century was the German Benedictine abbot Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516). His De Notis was widely read and highly influential, both in terms of the abbot's anecdotal information concerning his discovery and his attribution to particular inventors, namely Cicero and Cyprian. However, his cursory grasp of the principles governing Tironian notes had little impact among his more immediate readers. This paper argues that Trithemius developed a better grasp for the peculiarities of Tironian notes than he is usually given credit for. It does so by reconstructing Trithemius's work, his sources, his conclusions, and his effort to understand-even to recreate-a non-alphabetic writing system at the close of the fifteenth century.
Latein am Rhein, Jan 10, 2017
Maximilian Gamer, Die Polygraphia des Johannes Trithemius. Zwei Fassungen eines frühneuzeitlichen... more Maximilian Gamer, Die Polygraphia des Johannes Trithemius. Zwei Fassungen eines frühneuzeitlichen Handbuchs zur Geheimschrift, in: Würzburger Humanismus, ed. Thomas Baier and Jochen Schultheiß, Tübingen 2015 (= NeoLatina 23), p. 121–141.
Maximilian Gamer, Die Chiffrenkunst des Baldanders – eine literarische Trithemius-Apologie Grimme... more Maximilian Gamer, Die Chiffrenkunst des Baldanders – eine literarische Trithemius-Apologie Grimmelshausens? in: Simpliciana: Schriften der GrimmelshausenGesellschaft 36 (2015), p. 77–94.
Books by Maximilian Gamer
Die Polygraphia des Johannes Trithemius nach der handschriftlichen Fassung, 2022
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Papers by Maximilian Gamer
Books by Maximilian Gamer