Dr. Eric W. Gritsch
The Rev. Dr. Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund, Ltd.
PO Box 23064
Baltimore, MD 21203-5064
bonnie
The Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund
Broken Books, Scattered Leaves:
A Curator’s Perspective on Manuscript Fragments
Dr. Lynley Herbert,
Robert and Nancy Hall Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts of the Walters Art Gallery
For centuries, collectors and booksellers have cut illuminated pages from bound books, and these dispersed leaves are often utilized today as teaching tools or displayed in exhibitions. Yet this fragmentation of books also poses challenges: each page represents only a piece of a complete object, and offers a unique mystery to be solved. Sometimes clues allow us to reconstruct what the original book may once have been. However, research may also reveal the leaf to be a modern forgery, more easily passed off as authentic through its lack of context. This lecture will address the challenges faced when working with single leaves, and will demonstrate how it is sometimes possible to rediscover the intentions of their creators. The Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund invites you to join us for this informative talk at:
The George Peabody Library
17 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Md 21202
Saturday June 15, 10:00am
Please RSVP by email to Paul Espinosa, pespino3@jhu.edu
Fee: $20.00 per person
(cash or check to: Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund)
Limit 50 people, first to respomd
Gritsch Fellowship Winner Reports From Germany
Brach Jennings, the winner of the second Eric W. Gritsch
Fellowship for Reformation History & Theology has been reporting back
from Germany: Fellowship Archive 2019
1985 Concordia Theological Seminary Audio Lecture
The Gritsch Memorial Fund thanks Concordia Theological Seminary and Electronic Resources Librarian, Rev. Robert E. Smith for finding and posting this Media Resources lecture by Dr. Gritsch.
AUDIO (51 Minutes)
Is What You See What you Get?
The 6th Annual Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund Symposium
Was held on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, MD
Dr. Carlos Eire, T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University, spoke on: Bodies that Defy the Laws of Nature: Miracles as Catholic Resistance to the Protestant Disenchantment of the World.
Thomas Santa Maria, Gritsch Fellow, and Ph.D Candidate in Renaissance Studies and History, Yale University, spoke on: To See or Not to See: Catholic Reformers, the Senses and Tridentine Orthopraxis
Photos & Details Video
Mapping Maryland
Behind-the-Scenes Tour and Talk
Was held Saturday January 12th, 2019 at the George Peabody Library by Paul Espinosa, Curator, Johns Hopkins University
This stunning selection from The Willard Hackerman Map Collection, a recent bequest to Johns Hopkins University, reflects the private passion of a collector; charts the early mapping of Maryland and Baltimore; and allows for their continued use through new digital technologies and teaching.
Photos & Details Video
Baltimore Sun Article About The Exhibit
Lutherfest 2018
Martin Luther's Birthday Celebration was held again on
Sunday, November 11th at the Adlersaal of Zion Church of Baltimore
The evening included a meal, entertainment, and a presentation by
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Vought
GRAVITAS, GRACE, and GOOD HUMOR
Luther’s Theology of the Cross & Vocation
with a Tribute to Dr. Gritsch
Brewer’s Talk
History of local Beers and Brewing
On Saturday, September 15, 2018 in the Adlersaal of Zion Church of the City of Baltimore, the Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund hosted a talk and book signing by local author and historian Maureen O’Prey.
His Hand Is Already Holding Me
An Art History Lecture by Yu Na Han,
was held Saturday August 11th, 2018
at the George Peabody Library Baltimore.
Photos & Details
From Conflict to Communion –
The First Joint Commemoration of the Reformation
Lutherans and Roman Catholics Together Article
2018 End Of Year Letter From The Board
Rev Dr. Eric W. Gritsch served as Emeritus Professor of Church History, Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary where he also directed the Institute for Luther Studies. A native of Austria, he experienced firsthand the reign of Adolf Hitler and the tyranny of Communism; he came to the United States in 1954. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He had taught at Wellesley College, the Catholic University of America, California Lutheran University, the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, and in the Dr. Eric W. Gritsch Chair at the Melanchthon Institute in Houston, TX.
Dr. Gritsch participated for two decades in the North American Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, and has served for a decade of the Board of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology, St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore. The Rev. Eric W. Gritsch and his spouse Bonnie Brobst lived in Baltimore Maryland and he was a member of Zion Church of Baltimore.
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The Rev. Dr. Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund, Ltd.
PO Box 23064
Baltimore, MD 21203-5064
bonnie