What is it about?
Theintroduction celebrates the publication of Karl von Richthofen's Friesische Rechtsquellen and Altfriesisches Wörterbuch in 1840 and Willem van Helten's Altostfriesische Grammatik in 1890 and the lasting effect these publications have had on the practice of Old FRisian Philology
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Why is it important?
The introduction gives insight into the development of Old Frisian studies
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The introduction is a tribute to some of the most important scholars of Old Frisian of the nineteenth century. It recognizes that we stand on the shoulders of previous generations of scholars.
Dr Rolf H. Bremmer Jr
Universiteit Leiden
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This page is a summary of: Foreword: Old Frisian Philology: 1840–1890–1990, January 1990, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004679269_002.
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