Codex Palatinus germanicus 152

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Cod. Pal. germ. 152, sheet 2v: Herpin - Court Day King Charles (Charlemagne), Duke Herpin von Bourges stands with a raised dagger next to Clarion's corpse, the table society is in an uproar because of the blood revenge

The Codex Palatinus germanicus 152 is a late medieval manuscript from the former Bibliotheca Palatina in Heidelberg . The manuscript belongs to the Codices Palatini germanici , the German-language manuscripts of the Palatina, which have been kept in the Heidelberg University Library since 1816 ; The signature of the Heidelberg University Library and the common scientific name is Cod. Pal. germ. 152 (short form: Cpg 152 ).

The codex was made by the workshop of Ludwig Henfflin on behalf of Margaret of Savoy around 1475 , probably in Stuttgart.

The illuminated manuscript contains the history of Herpin in the German translation of the French text by Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken .

description

Cod. Pal. germ. 152, sheet 7v: Herpin - The lioness finds the baby of Duke Herpin and his wife Adelheid
Cod. Pal. germ. 152, sheet 19v: Herpin - Siege of Tollats (Toledos), the pagan knights try to storm the city
Cod. Pal. germ. 152, sheet 25r: Herpin - The Duchess (disguised as a man) has defeated the giant and chops off his head
Cod. Pal. Germ. 152, sheet 329r: Herpin - Heinrich stabs Gerhart out of jealousy, whose brother Wilhelm dies of pain when he hears about it; Double representation of Heinrich in the middle of the illustration

The Codex is a paper manuscript with 337 leaves. The foliation of the 17th century counts sheets 1–332 with text on them; the sheets 1 * –3 * are provided with modern counting, as are sheets 333 * and 334 *.

The sheet size of the manuscript is 29.7 × 19.8 cm, with a writing space of 20.5–21 × 11.5–12 cm with 31 to 35 lines per page. Written form is a bastarda from one hand, the scribe D of the Henfflin workshop , who is also the scribe of Cod. Pal. germ. 142 was. The image headings are in red. Red, sometimes ink-colored initials drag on for three to nine (sheet 1r) rows and are often associated with tintenfarbenem fleuronnée decorated -Besatz and inland field ornamentation, sometimes with additional small profile faces provided (leaves 1r, 208v, 227 R). Red Lombards are drawn over three to four lines, and numerous cadelles (ink-colored and red) adorn the text. Apart from a few maniculae (= pointing hands: leaves 33r / v, 34r, 101v, 110v, 114v) there are no marginal glosses .

The handwriting as a whole is exposed to incipient ink corrosion . The parchment binding was supplemented in Rome in the 17th century.

Miniatures

All three surviving manuscripts of Elisabeth's Herpin translation are illustrated, but the Heidelberg manuscript Cod. Pal. germ. 152 has the "most complete pictorial program" with its 260 miniatures . The fully framed representations each take up half to two thirds of a page. The draftsman is draftsman A of the Henfflin workshop , first named by Hans Wegener (1927) , who, following Wegener, was, with a few exceptions, also draftsman of all other pictures in the workshop manuscripts. Wegener generally judges the illustrations by draftsman A to be “quite insignificant” and criticizes the “calmness of the pictures without affecting” as “stiff and empty elegance”.

The more recent research of the 20th and 21st centuries, on the other hand, emphasizes the entertaining character of the image sequences and the clarity of the depictions from the Henfflin workshop , also sees the effort to gain perspective compared to earlier Alsatian illustrators and emphasizes the correctness of the proportions in the figure representation. Only the facial expressions are described as "largely expressionless", the faces often show "a cheerfulness that does not match the text". However, the draftsman obviously did not intend to deepen special emotions beyond the text with his representations; his "interest [...] lies in the plot, not in its psychological motivation." The specialty of the drawings is their modern narrative character and the richness of detail in the representations. The illustrator from the Henfflin workshop designed “illustration cycles” for the various literary works and often made use of the trick of “simultaneous illustration” by depicting successive situations in a story in parallel in a single representation, as in the depiction of the death scene of the Lewes sons (Sheet 329r).

origin

The manuscript was made by Ludwig Henfflin's workshop around 1475 , probably in Stuttgart. The writing language is Lower Alemannic.

The client was Margarethe von Savoyen (1420–1479), her coat of arms is drawn in the cadelles on sheets 85v and 206v. Margarethe was married to Ulrich V. (1413–1480), Count of Württemberg-Stuttgart , in her third marriage . The only child from her second marriage to the Palatinate Elector Ludwig IV (1424–1449), Elector Philipp von der Pfalz (1448–1508) inherited the manuscript after Margaret's death in 1479. The manuscript came from Stuttgart to Heidelberg and became later Part of the Bibliotheca Palatina .

The manuscript belonged to the holdings of the older palace library and was recorded during cataloging in 1556/59 with the catalog entry: Historia written by Hertzog Herpin and Khonig Carolo Aůf papir. 1.2.3. ; similarly the entry of the library title on this occasion: Hÿstoria by hertzog herpin and king karll (sheet 1r). The table of contents on the front mirror is an entry by the librarian Hermann Finke from the 20th century.

Like the other manuscripts of the Electoral Palatinate Libraries, the Codex came into the possession of the Vatican Library in Rome after the conquest of the Electoral Palatinate in the Thirty Years War in 1622 and was only brought to Heidelberg in 1816 with the other German-language holdings of the Palatina as part of the regulations during the Congress of Vienna returned.

Content

The manuscript contains the prose history Herpin , a late medieval adventure novel. Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken was and is mostly regarded as the author of the novel ; at least the dedicated sponsorship of the work created in the 1430s by the Duchess is assured. Together with three other novels, which are also attributed to Elisabeth and which were written during the same period - Huge Scheppel , Sibille and Loher and Maller - the Herpin forms a cycle of chronic adventure stories from the context of the sagas surrounding Charlemagne (747 / 48–814) .

The Herpin connects historical events from the history of the first crusade (1096–99) - the historical model of the Duke Herpin is the Viscount Eudes de Bourges (died around 1109) - with the saga of Charlemagne, who himself was an active figure in the Herpin appears.

The novel is based on the French chanson de geste Lion de Bourges from the beginning of the 14th century, and accordingly the title is also handed down in the manuscripts of Elisabeth's prose translation as the Lewen book by Burges in Berrye . The title Herpin - after the first main character - has been established since the 19th century and goes back to Karl Goedeke , but can already be traced back to the 16th century. This title is misleading insofar as the story of Herpins forms the starting point of the plot - loss of honor and property after a blood revenge on a slanderer - but it is actually about the fate of his son Lew (lion, because he is from a lioness was suckled) who is trying to restore his rule. The overriding, "central theme is the loss of property and family and their recovery despite numerous twists and turns of fate and courtly intrigues."

See also

literature

  • Karin Zimmermann : Cod. Pal. germ. 152. Elisabeth of Nassau-Saarbrücken: Herpin. In: Karin Zimmermann (arrangement), with the participation of Sonja Glauch, Matthias Miller, Armin Schlechter: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181). Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library, Volume 6. Reichert Verlag , Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-89500-152-9 , pp. 332–333 ( digitized version ).

Older catalogs:

  • Karl Bartsch : Story of Duke Herpin and his son. Pal. germ. 152. In: Karl Bartsch: The old German manuscripts of the university library in Heidelberg. Catalog of the manuscripts of the University Library in Heidelberg, Volume 1. Verlag von Gustav Koester, Heidelberg 1887, No. 93, p. 39 ( digitized version ).
  • Hans Wegener : History of the Duke Herpin. pal. germ. 152. In: Hans Wegener: Descriptive directory of the German picture manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library. Verlagbuchhandlung J. J. Weber, Leipzig 1927, pp. 81–83 ( digitized version ).
  • Wilfried Werner: History of the Duke Herpin. Cod. Pal. germ. 152. In: Wilfried Werner: Cimelia Heidelbergensia. 30 illuminated manuscripts from Heidelberg University Library. Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-920153-41-3 , pp. 96-99 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Cod. Pal. germ. 152  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the information in this section follows the description by Karin Zimmermann: Cod. Pal. germ. 152 . In: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, pp. 332–333 ( digitized version ; accessed April 16, 2020).
  2. ↑ List of maniculae by Ute von Bloh : History of Herzog Herpin . Introduction to literary history and description of the manuscript [Cpg 152] ( Online (PDF) , omifacsimiles.com; accessed April 17, 2020). Part of: History of Herzog Herpin . Translated from the French by Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken. Color microfiche edition of the Heidelberg manuscript, University Library, Cod. Pal. germ. 152 (= Codices illuminati medii aevi 17). Edition Helga Lengenfelder, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-89219-017-8 , p. 46 (von Bloh prescribes fol.310v instead of recte 110v).
  3. ↑ Spyra / Effinger, Cod. Pal. germ. 152: Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken: 'Herpin' (section The version of the Henfflin workshop ), Heidelberg University Library, 09/2008; accessed April 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Hans Wegener, Die Werkstatt des Ludwig Hennflin , Descriptive Directory [...] , Leipzig 1927, p. 71 ( digitized version ); accessed April 15, 2020. For details on the illustrations Ute von Bloh : Historie von Herzog Herpin . Introduction to literary history and description of the manuscript [Cpg 152] ( Online (PDF) , omifacsimiles.com; accessed April 17, 2020). Part of: History of Herzog Herpin . Translated from the French by Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken. Color microfiche edition of the Heidelberg manuscript, University Library, Cod. Pal. germ. 152 (= Codices illuminati medii aevi 17). Edition Helga Lengenfelder, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-89219-017-8 , section The illustrations , pp. 33–45; in von Bloh's also complete list of picture headings (transcriptions), pp. 48–56.
  5. ↑ Hans Wegener, Descriptive Directory [...] , Leipzig 1927, pp. 75–76 ( digitized version ); accessed April 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ Ulrike Spyra, Maria Effinger: Swabian workshop of Ludwig Henfflin , Heidelberg University Library 03/2012; accessed April 15, 2020.
  7. ^ Henrike Lähnemann: Pontus and Sidonia . Introduction to literary history and description of the manuscript [Cpg 142] ( Online (PDF) , Manuscripta Mediaevalia ). Part of: Pontus and Sidonia . Color microfiche edition of the Heidelberg manuscript, University Library, Cod. Pal. germ. 142 (= Codices illuminati medii aevi 52). Edition Helga Lengenfelder, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-89219-052-6 , p. 22.
  8. ↑ Ulrike Spyra, Maria Effinger: Cod. Pal. germ. 16-18: 3-volume bible, AT, German , UB-Heidelberg 03/2012; accessed April 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the information in this section follows the description by Karin Zimmermann: Cod. Pal. germ. 152 . In: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, p. 333 ( digitized version ; accessed April 16, 2020).
  10. ↑ Cod. Pal. lat. 1937, sheet 40v ( digitized version of the catalog page , Heidelberg University Library; accessed April 17, 2020).
  11. ↑ Historical overview on the website of the Heidelberg University Library : The Bibliotheca Palatina - Fates of a world-famous library ; accessed April 16, 2020. Detailed description with further information from Karin Zimmermann in: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, Introduction , pp. XI – XXVIII ( digitized version ; accessed April 16, 2020).
  12. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the information in this section follows the description by Karin Zimmermann: Cod. Pal. germ. 152 . In: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, p. 333 ( digitized version ; accessed April 16, 2020).
  13. ↑ cf. Hans-Hugo Steinhoff : Elisabeth of Nassau-Saarbrücken . In: Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters, author's lexicon , volume 2. De Gruyter publishing house , Berlin / New York 1979/2010 (VL 2 ), columns 482–488.
  14. ↑ skeptical about authorship z. B. Eva Wolf: History of Herzog Herpin . Art historical introduction and description of the manuscript [Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 46 Novissimi 2 °] ( Online (PDF) , omifacsimiles.com; accessed April 17, 2020). Part of: History of Herzog Herpin . Translated from the French by Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken. Color microfiche edition of the Wolfenbüttel manuscript, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 46 Novissimi 2 ° (= Codices illuminati medii aevi 57). Edition Helga Lengenfelder, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-89219-057-7 , p. 7.
  15. ^ Eva Wolf, Historie von Herzog Herpin , Art History Introduction and Description [...] ( Online (PDF) , omifacsimiles.com; accessed April 19, 2020), Munich 2000, p. 7.
  16. Jump up ↑ Goedeke, Grundriss zur Geschichte der Deutschen Dichtung , 1859–1881, Vol. 1, p. 358.
  17. ↑ s. Library title of this manuscript sheet 1r (commons), Spyra / Effinger, Cod. Pal. germ. 152: Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken: 'Herpin' , UB-Heidelberg, 09/2008; accessed April 19, 2020.
  18. ↑ Hans-Hugo Steinhoff , VL 2 , 1979/2010 (VL 2 ), Sp. 484.
  19. ↑ Spyra / Effinger, Cod. Pal. germ. 152: Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken: 'Herpin' , UB-Heidelberg, 09/2008; accessed April 19, 2020.
  20. ↑ Summary Ute von Bloh, history of Duke Herpin , literary and historical introduction and description [...] ( online (PDF) , omifacsimiles.com), Munich 1990, pp 15-21 (emphasis Heidelberg manuscript). Also in Eva Wolf, History of Herzog Herpin , Art History Introduction and Description [...] ( Online (PDF) , omifacsimiles.com), Munich 2000, pp. 12-20. Web links accessed April 19, 2020).