The German Lucidarius

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The German Lucidarius (also The Great Lucidarius ) is a Middle High German prose work created around 1190 , which represents the contemporary theological and scientific knowledge (geography, astronomy, meteorology) of its time. It was written according to Latin models and represents the beginning of popular scientific literature in German. The text is designed in the form of a dialogue between pupil and teacher in questions and answers.

Origin and reception history

The German Lucidarius originated mainly from the Elucidarium by Honorius Augustodunensis , but also De philosophia mundi by Wilhelm von Conches and De divina officiis by Rupert von Deutz .

Duke Heinrich the Lion was named as the client in the A prologue. Three chaplains at his court are named as authors. Presumably the text was written by a single author. This author probably did not work at a secular court, but was a regular canon associated with the Marbach reform group.

The "Lucidarius" was revised again and again in the following years and was a popular book in the 16th century . A total of 66 complete and incomplete manuscripts and 85 prints by the German Lucidarius have been preserved.

There were Dutch , Danish , Czech and Croatian translations of the German Lucidarius and the Latin Elucidarium.

content

The text itself begins with a prologue in prose form. As a "candlestick" it should convey knowledge that should strengthen the spiritual mind.

The text is divided into three parts. The first is about creation and the world in its three parts: Asia, Africa and Europe. The second part is about the Christian faith and the Catholic liturgy. The third part is about the last things , life after death and the last judgment.

expenditure

  • Dagmar Gottschall and Georg Steer (eds.): The German Lucidarius, Part 1. Critical text based on the manuscripts , (= texts and text history; Volume 35), Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-484-36035-6
  • Lucidarius. From the Berlin manuscript , ed. by Felix Heidlauf, (= German texts of the Middle Ages; Volume 28), Berlin 1915 (reprint 1970)
  • Appollonius von Tyrus, 1975, reprint of the Augsburg 1471 and 1516 edition, ISBN 3-487-05089-7

Secondary literature

  • Karl Schorbach: Studies on the German Folk Book Lucidarius and its adaptations in foreign languages , (= sources and research on the language and cultural history of the Germanic peoples; Volume 74), Strasbourg 1894
  • Marlies Hamm: The German Lucidarius, Part 3. Commentary , (= texts and text history; Volume 37), Tübingen 2002 ISBN 3-484-36037-2
  • Günther Glogner: The Middle High German Lucidarius a medieval summa , (= dissertation, booklet 8 of the research on German language and poetry), Münster in Westphalia 1937

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Written probably around 1227 in Braunschweig
  2. ^ Wolfram Schmitt: German technical prose of the Middle Ages . Walter de Gruyter, 1972, ISBN 978-3-11-003801-9 , p. 119.