Ezzo (poet)
Ezzo von Bamberg († November 15 , probably 1100) was a canon and teacher at the cathedral chapter in Bamberg in the second half of the 11th century . He is the poet of the early Middle High German Ezzo song , a hymn about Christian salvation history .
life and work
There is little evidence of his life and work. In the version of the Vorau manuscript (2nd half of the 12th century), the Ezzo song named after him names an Ezzo from Bamberg as the poet of the text in the first stanza. In addition, the Latin life story ( Vita Altmanni episcopi Pataviensis , written around 1130) of Bishop Altmann von Passau (Bishop from 1065 to 1091) mentions a Canonicus Ezzo . On the pilgrimage of Bishop Gunther from Bamberg to Jerusalem (1064/1065), he wrote a vernacular "Song of the Miracles of Christ" ( cantilena de miraculis Christi ). In general, research assumes that both sources refer to the same person. A note in the Bamberg cathedral calendar mentions November 15 as Ezzo's death date; From other sources it can be dated to the year 1100.
literature
- Stephanie Coué: Eight bishop's vites from the Salier period , in: The Salians and the Reich, publications on the exhibition "The Salians and their empire", organized by the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Speyer 1991, Volume 3, Sigmaringen 1991, p. 395
- Hugo Kuhn: Ezzo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 716 ( digitized version ).
- Emil Ernst Ploss: Ezzo † 1100 , in: Wolfgang Buhl (ed.): Franconian classics. A history of literature in single representations, Nuremberg 1971, pp. 23–33
- Günther Schweikle: Ezzo , in: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author's Lexicon, Volume 2, Berlin, New York 1980, Sp. 670-680
- Wilhelm Wattenbach (Ed.), In: Georg Heinrich Pertz u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 12: Historiae aevi Salici. Hannover 1856, pp. 228–243 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
- Elias von Steinmeyer : Ezzo von Bamberg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 466 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ezzo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ezzo von Bamberg in the literature portal Bavaria
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ezzo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ezzo from Bamberg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | early Middle High German religious poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15 at 1100 |