Gmünder Kaiserchronik

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Cod. Pal. germ. 5, sheet 54r, beginning of the Gmünder Chronik

The Gmünder Kaiserchronik (or Gmünder Chronik ) is a late medieval German-language historical work, a chronicle of the German emperors and kings, probably from around 1400, the short version of which was apparently dedicated to the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd .

The chronicle is best known as the second part of the Ulm incunabulum prints (1485/86) by the so-called Thomas Lirer (there are further references).

There is no critical edition. The long version has so far been completely unprinted, which is also available online in Heidelberg Cod. Pal. germ. 5 is handed down.

literature

  • Klaus Graf : Exemplary stories: Thomas Lirer's "Swabian Chronicle" and the "Gmünder Kaiserchronik" , (= research on the history of older German literature; Volume 7), Munich: Fink, 1987 also Tübingen, Univ., Dissertation 1986 ISBN 3-7705 -2459-4 online

Web links

Wikisource: Gmünder Kaiserchronik  - Sources and full texts