The series: Wolfenbütteler Studien zu Urkunde und Schrift Schriftenreihe des Instituts
The Institute's series was founded in 1989 and is published with an academic publisher elsewhere; a volume appears in most years, and thirty-six had appeared by 2024. It carries four kinds of work — monographs, editions, catalogues and proceedings of the colloquia. Small collections of material and working notes go instead into the source booklets or into supplements to the Mitteilungen, which are listed under Editions and source booklets and Annual reports.
Buying the series. The volumes are issued by the publisher, not by the Institute. The Institute does not sell them and there is no order form on this site. Copies may be had through a bookseller or through a library's acquisitions department. The Institute keeps two sets, one for its staff to borrow and one for consultation in the reference library; these are not lent out, and single volumes are not broken up for copying. Volumes that are out of print may be applied for as single articles under section 4.4 of the rules of use.
1. The volumes, 1989 to 2025
| Vol. | Year | Title | Author or editor | Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1989 | Schriftproben aus Wolfenbütteler Urkunden, reprinted with a supplement (the 1929 text reproduced) | K. Menzel, ed. W. Engelbrecht | II |
| 2 | 1990 | Weight series of regional coinages: an essay in method | W. Engelbrecht | I |
| 3 | 1991 | The seal impression archive SG-1: its making and its material | H. J. Rehder, from his papers | II |
| 4 | 1992 | Lüneburg ducal charters, volume 2 (1388–1420) | I. von der Heyde and others | III |
| 5 | 1993 | Register of scribes, first part (twelfth and thirteenth centuries) | G. Stolz | IV |
| 6 | 1994 | Proceedings of the eleventh conference on the joint cataloguing agreement | The Institute | proceedings |
| 7 | 1995 | Formulary types of the ducal chancery, first edition | J. Peters's predecessor | II |
| 8 | 1996 | Coins and charters dated together: three cases | D. Bruns | VI |
| 9 | 1997 | Centenary miscellany: cards, charters and hands | The Institute, ed. M. Schott | centenary |
| 10 | 1998 | Manuscript binding index, first series | Divisions IV and V | IV |
| 11 | 1999 | Regional coin catalogue, fascicle 3: Goslar, 1100–1500 | M. Kaltenbrunner | I |
| 12 | 2000 | Charters and account books: two kinds of material and how they differ | I. von der Heyde | III |
| 13 | 2001 | Register of scribes, second part (thirteenth and fourteenth centuries) | G. Stolz | IV |
| 14 | 2002 | Old signatures and the formation of regional archives | P. Rauch | II |
| 15 | 2003 | Microfilming and the preservation of the Institute's cards, 1996–2002 | M. Schott and F. Ostermann | V |
| 16 | 2004 | Catalogue of the Institute's publications, 1929–2003 | The reference library | bibliography |
| 17 | 2005 | Reconciling the coin catalogue with the hoard register | M. Kaltenbrunner | I |
| 18 | 2006 | Proceedings of the ninth colloquium: text and object | The Institute | proceedings |
| 19 | 2007 | Books and traces of reading: sixteenth-century printed books in the Institute's library | A. Remke | IV |
| 20 | 2008 | Observing ink and its colour: charters and account books compared | D. Bruns | VI |
| 21 | 2009 | Changes in the language of the Institute's cards, 1901–2008 | S. Andersen | V |
| 22 | 2010 | Register of scribes, third part (fourteenth century) | A. Remke | IV |
| 23 | 2010 | Manuscript binding index, second series | S. Brandt and others | IV |
| 24 | 2011 | The fixing of chancery language, with the Lüneburg court as an example | L. Moebius | III |
| 25 | 2011 | Proceedings of the tenth colloquium: mints and writing workshops | The Institute | proceedings |
| 26 | 2013 | Determining the specific gravity of coins: method and its limits | T. Bruns | VI |
| 27 | 2014 | Lüneburg ducal charters, volume 3 (1420–1450) | H. Schwabendiek | III |
| 28 | 2014 | Regional coin catalogue, fascicle 1: the bishopric of Hildesheim, 1100–1400 | M. Kaltenbrunner | I |
| 29 | 2015 | Register of scribes, tenth part: thirteenth-century Lower Saxony | A. Remke | IV |
| 30 | 2016 | Regional coin catalogue, fascicle 2: Brunswick, 1200–1450 | M. Kaltenbrunner and J. Lammers | I |
| 31 | 2017 | Fluorescence examination of ink: three cases and its limits | T. Bruns and B. Ahrendt | VI |
| 32 | 2019 | The balance and the eye: using and misusing test results in dating | T. Bruns | VI |
| 33 | 2021 | A scale of die wear and its use | M. Kaltenbrunner and T. Bruns | I and VI |
| 34 | 2022 | Traces in charters and manuscripts: proceedings of the twelfth colloquium | The Institute, ed. A. Remke | proceedings |
| 35 | 2023 | Regional coin catalogue, fascicle 4: monasteries and towns near Hildesheim, 1350–1520 | J. Lammers | I |
| 36 | 2025 | Regional coin catalogue, fascicle 6: Hildesheim and Goslar, 1520–1620 | M. Kaltenbrunner and J. Lammers | I |
On fascicle 5: the material it would have covered, Bremen and Stade, was assigned when the catalogue was planned in 1989 to fascicle 7, so the number 5 stands vacant. The catalogue of publications (volume 16) already notes this, and the Institute does not renumber volumes to make the sequence look tidy. The three volumes in preparation from number 37 onwards are listed under Editions and source booklets.
2. Occasional and commemorative volumes
| Reference | Year | Title | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vorheft 1 | 1929 | Schriftproben aus Wolfenbütteler Urkunden | The Institute's first separate publication; reprinted in 1989 as volume 1 of the series. The original is in the archive. |
| Sonderheft 1997 | 1997 | Centenary: a small commemoration | A booklet of forty-eight pages, not sold, given to partner institutions and visiting scholars. A few copies remain. |
| Register 2004 | 2004 | Catalogue of the Institute's publications, 1929–2003 | Volume 16 of the series, also issued separately for the reference library and for partner institutions. |
| Sonderheft 2022 | 2022 | Working through the epidemic, 2020–2021 | Thirty-two pages, printed internally; describes how the work was arranged while the reading room was closed, with the duty rota. |
3. Prices and complimentary copies
| Category | Price | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Series, ordinary volumes, cloth | €48.00 to €68.00 | According to length and the number of plates; proceedings rather less, catalogues rather more. |
| Series, catalogues with plates | from €78.00 | More where the plates exceed a hundred pages. |
| Source booklets | €12.00 to €22.00 | Issued by the Institute itself; apply by post. |
| Issues of the Mitteilungen | €6.00 to €12.00 | See Annual reports. |
| Complimentary copies | no charge | Partner institutions, corresponding associates, those who transcribe for the Institute, and those who send offprints, receive one new publication a year. |
4. Submitting a manuscript
The series carries chiefly the work of the Institute's divisions, but accepts work from outside and joint work. The procedure is this.
- What fits. Monographs, editions, catalogues and proceedings in the Institute's four fields — numismatics, diplomatics, documentary editing, and the study of writing and manuscripts. A collection of source material of less than five sheets is better offered to the source booklets.
- Form. German or English, two copies on paper with an electronic text; plates must come with images of the originals and a note of how they were captured — resolution, lighting, whether cropped. A catalogue submitted as an electronic text without the plate material is not accepted.
- Reading. Division III appoints two referees, one of whom must not belong to the Institute, who report in writing; the publications committee then decides. Three months is usual, six for a catalogue.
- If declined. A written report is sent. Manuscript and plates are returned; the Institute keeps no copy, though the reports and the author's replies are filed for twenty years.
- Proofs. The author reads two sets. After the second, only misprints are accepted, so that the printing is not delayed.
- Terms. The publisher issues the series and royalties follow the agreement between publisher and Institute. The Institute pays no fee, but the author may buy ten copies at sixty per cent of the published price.
Manuscripts go to the academic office, sekretariat [at] winddew.lab, marked "for the series". The Institute is too small to answer enquiries about the progress of a manuscript by telephone; the result of the reading is sent in writing, with the date and the referees' code numbers.
Compiled from the publications register (archive, ref. PUB-1) and checked against the reference library's own holdings; last checked on 1 September 2026.
Page WI-PUB-01 · compiled by M. Tiedemann and C. Bauer · read by the publications committee · last modified 18 September 2026