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‖ Festschrift, festschrift|ˈfɛst-ʃrɪft|
Pl -en, -s.
[G., lit. ‘festival-writing’.]
A collection of writings forming a volume presented to a scholar or savant on the occasion of his attaining a certain age or period in his career.
1898Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. IV. 228 Stated by Kronecker in the Festschrift but without proof, its demonstration is a signal achievement of Minkowski. 1901Eng. Misc. Furnivall 491 An English Miscellany or ‘Festschrift’ in Dr. Furnivall's honour. 1931Periodical June 100 Dr. Cowley..contributed to the Sir Arthur Evans and the Reginald Lane Poole festschrifts. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 757/3 Lectures, collected papers and Festschriften. 1943Mind LII. 370 This volume, a Festschrift presented to M. Maritain on his sixtieth birthday, comprises some twenty papers written by American admirers of his writings. 1961Times 5 Oct. 17/3 The 22..historians..who pay tribute to Dr. Gooch in this bumper Festschrift. 1967[see birthday book s.v. birthday 3]. 1969Nature 1 Nov. 400/1 The mythology of molecular biology and the festschrift..celebrating Delbrück's sixtieth birthday in 1966, abound with stories of Delbrück's insistence on rigorous evidence for any claim. 1971Ibid. 11 June 399/1 Festschriften are for men who have put their stamp on some branch of enquiry during a certain period of time. |