The <i>Extract of Various Prophecies</i>: Apocalypticism and Mass Media in the Early Reformation
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Abstract
The compilation known as the Extract of Various Prophecies (Auszug etlicher Practica und Prophezeiungen) was the most popular prophetic pamphlet in Germany in the decade between 1516 and 1525. While the Extract was known to contain excerpts from the Prognosticatio of Johannes Lichtenberger and the Speculum of Johannes Grünpeck, this article identifies the sources of the introduction (Simon Eyssenmann’s annual prognostication for 1514) and the concluding verse (an annual prognostication for 1508) and clarifies the process of compilation. In contrast to earlier views that see it as a clumsy and illogical collection of excerpts, this article finds in the Extract a coherent near-term apocalypse. Hans Stainberger, a bookseller from Zwickau, played a decisive role in the pamphlet’s early dissemination, while its later circulation provides a case study in the circulation of apocalyptic ideas and the interaction between prophetic texts and prophetic preaching at the time of the Reformation. La compilation connue comme Extraits de diverses prophéties (Auszug etlicher Practica und Prophezeiungen) consiste en un libelle prophétique, qui fut des plus populaires en Allemagne durant la décennie 1516–1525. Alors que l’on sait déjà que l’Extrait contient des extraits de la Prognosticatio de Johannes Lichtenberger et du Speculum de Johannes Grünpeck, cet article identifie les sources de son introduction — Prognostications de 1514 de Simon Eyssenmann —, ainsi que de ses versets de conclusion — Prognostications de 1508 —, et contribue ainsi à clarifier le travail de compilation. Contrairement aux jugements considérant cet ouvrage comme une collection maladroite et illogique d’extraits, notre analyse y perçoit l’annonce cohérente d’une prochaine apocalypse. Hans Stainberger, un libraire de Zwickau, a joué un rôle central dans les débuts de la diffusion du pamphlet, alors que sa diffusion ultérieure représente plutôt un cas de figure pour saisir la circulation des discours apocalyptiques et l’interaction entre les textes et la prédication prophétique à l’époque de la Réforme.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.005 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.009 | 0.002 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".