Donaueschingen Passion Play

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The Donaueschingen Passion Play is a manuscript from the 15th century that probably came from Villingen and depicts the Passion of Jesus Christ in its salvation-historical context.

Handwriting

The Donaueschingen Passion Play has come down to us in a single manuscript and was in the Fürstlich-Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen from 1794 . After the manuscript was sold to the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1992, it is now located in the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe as Cod. Donaueschingen 137 .

It is a paper manuscript, 31.5 cm high, 10.5 cm wide. It comprises 88 sheets and is bound in a colorful cardboard cover, which probably dates from the second half of the 19th century . Like the Villingen Passion Play , the Donaueschingen text probably comes from the Franciscan monastery in Villingen . The Passion Play was written down in the 15th century; most of it comes from one source. The writing is a Gothic cursive , the language a late medieval Alemannic . Musical notes were added to the Latin songs. The text of the Passion Play was written in black, the stage directions in red. The Passion Play comes with a sketch of the stage, the so-called Donaueschinger or Villinger stage plan. The relationship between the stage plan and the passion play is unclear. The Donaueschingen Passion Play goes back in all probability to a preliminary form of the Lucerne Easter Play , which came to Villingen after 1470 and served as a template for the Donaueschingen text.

content

At several locations of a simultaneous stage (on the market or church square) the parallel simultaneous action of the Passion Play took place with the participation of the audience, which begins in its Donaueschingen form with the conversion of Maria Magdalena . Here are some healing miracles of Jesus Christ, including: a. the raising of Lazarus and the cleaning of the temple. The real Passion opens with the entry of Christ into Jerusalem and the betrayal of Judas . These scenes from the first day of the Passion Play were followed by those from the second day of the performance. The Lord's Supper and the washing of the feet as well as the condemnation of Jesus are at the fore. This is followed by the crucifixion , descent from the cross and burial, the resurrection and descent into hell of Christ and finally the proclamation of the resurrection.

Editions

  • Eduard Hartl (Ed.): The Donaueschinger Passion Play. With introduction and notes based on the handwriting . (= German literature. Series Drama of the Middle Ages; Vol. 4 / Passion Play; Vol. 2). Reclam, Leipzig 1942
  • Franz Josef Mone (Hrsg.): 15. Passion play , in: Schauspiele des Mittelalter. Edited and explained from manuscripts . New edition. 2nd volume. Bensheimer, Mannheim 1852, p. 150 ff. (Edition from p. 184) Digitized
  • Antonius H. Touber (Ed.): The Donaueschinger Passion Play . (= Reclams Universal Library; 8046). Reclam, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-15-008046-0

literature

  • Georg Dinges: Investigations on the Donaueschingen Passion Play . (= Germanistic treatises; H. 35). Marcus, Breslau 1910
  • Elly Vijfvinkel: The Donaueschingen Passion Play in the Lucerne Easter Play. A comparison of two passion plays . (= Amsterdam publications on language and literature; Vol. 66). Rodopi, Amsterdam 1986, ISBN 90-6203-658-9

Web links

Commons : Reconstruction of the Donaueschingen Passion Play  - model from 1936 in the Austrian Theater Museum in Vienna