Congratulations on Passing the Doctoral Examination!

The topic of the dissertation is „chriſtůſ iſt der weg die warheit vnd daſſ leben“: Die Lutherbibel (1541) des Seidenstickers Hans Plock – eine buchbiographische und kulturhistorische Untersuchung. 

The Bible belonging to silk embroiderer Hans Plock (c. 1490–1570) is a copy of Luther's two-volume Bible edition from 1541, printed by Hans Lufft in Wittenberg and subsequently annotated by Plock, which is now in the possession of the Berlin City Museum (Luther, Martin (1541): Biblia. Volumes I and II. Wittenberg: Hans Lufft; inventory number XIII 387; dimensions: title page vol. 1 H: 37.5 cm W: 25 cm).

The dissertation is part of the project Digitization of the Plock Bible, which is being carried out at the Trier Center for Digital Humanities (TCDH) and in Department II German Studies/Old German Philology at the University of Trier under the direction of Prof. Dr. Claudine Moulin in cooperation with the Berlin City Museum. 

Based on a specially produced edition of the handwritten annotations that is faithful to the original spelling and layout and is complete in every detail, the dissertation pursues a comprehensive, systematic recording and analysis of the Plock Bible as a whole (primary text including secondary additions alongside the history of ownership and circulation) with all its subsequent handwritten annotations and iconographic additions. Plock's secondary additions are examined in terms of content, context, form, and function within the framework of a philological, book-historical, and cultural-historical investigation. The analysis also takes into account the object biography, a research method oriented toward the specific individual copy, which focuses on the metaphorical life cycle of the object with its transformations and functions and the resulting shared history between the book and its user.  

Carolin Geib completed her Magistra Artium degree in English and Spanish philology, her Master of Education degree in German and English, and her Master of Arts (core subject) degree in German with a focus on older German philology at the University of Trier. From November 2017 to July 2018, she was a student assistant in the Department of German Studies. From August 2018 to August 2024, she worked as a research assistant at the Trier Center for Digital Humanities, where she was involved in the project to digitize the Plock Bible and the project Digital edition of the Shakespeare translations by August Wilhelm Schlegel and the Tieck circle.

The entire TCDH team congratulates Carolin Geib on passing her exam and wishes her all the best for the future!