Hugo von Langenstein

Hugo von Langenstein (attested between 1271 and 1298) was a Middle High German poet and wrote an extensive rhyming legend about the life and martyrdom of St. Martina , which he completed in 1293 .

Hugo von Langenstein was a member of the Teutonic Order on the Mainau , part of the Alsace-Burgundy Ballei . His father Arnold was a former ministerial officer of the Reichenau monastery and had donated the Kommende Mainau.

The "Martina" is considered to be the oldest sacred poetry from the Teutonic Order. It was intended for the table reading of the brothers who were ignorant of Latin. The legend is based on a Latin vita. For individual sections, learned Latin scripts were also included; Particularly important sources were the writings "De contemptu mundi" of Pope Innocent III. and the “Compendium theologicae veritatis” by Hugo Ripelin of Strasbourg .

There is only one undated copy of the seal, which is currently dated around or soon after 1300 ( Basel University Library cod. B VIII 27). The manuscript comes from the Basel Charterhouse, but seems to have reached its current location via Joseph von Laßberg , because he wrote in 1825 that he had discovered the manuscript in Konstanz.

To the reception

The Martina of Hugo von Langenstein in the edition of Keller 1856 is one of the central reference books in Arno Schmidt's old work Abend mit Goldrand (1975).

output

• Adelbert von Keller (Ed.): Martina von Hugo von Langenstein , Stuttgart 1856, online at Google Book Search (this single edition has defects)

literature

• Arno Borst: Hugo von Langenstein: Deutschherr am Bodensee , in: Mönche am Bodensee: 610-1525 , Sigmaringen: Thorbecke 1978, pages 227-246, ISBN 3-7995-5005-4 (paperback 1998 ISBN 3-548-26535-9 )
• Steffen Fahl: Density and Truth About Hugo von Langenstein's Martina in Schmidt's Evening with Gold Edge , in: Zettelkasten 20 , Yearbook of the Society of Arno Schmidt Readers 2001. Ed. Thomas Körber, Bangert and Metzler, Wiesenbach 2001, pp. 25–82 ISBN 3-924147-48-5
• Jutta Meindl-Weiss: A forgotten saint: Studies on "Martina" Hugos von Langenstein , Frankfurt am Main a. a .: Lang 2002 ISBN 3-631-39588-4
• Michael Redeker: > polish up your middle = high = German <! Medieval literature from Arno Schmidt http://redeker.co.nz/ArnoSchmidt.htm ( Memento from January 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) . Diss. Marburg ad Lahn 1993
• Rainer Rudolf:  Hugo v. Langenstein. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 17 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Georg Steer: Hugo von Langenstein , in: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author's Lexicon , Volume 4, 2nd Edition Berlin, New York 1983, Columns 233-239
• Elias von Steinmeyer:  Langenstein, Hugo von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 673.
• Werner Williams-Krapp: Hugo von Langenstein , in: Walther Killy (ed.): Literaturlexikon , Volume 5, Page 508

Web links

Wikisource: Hugo von Langenstein  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Hugo von Langenstein in the catalog of the German National Library

proof

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Letter to Zellweger, http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Joseph_von_Lassberg_an_Johann_Caspar_Zellweger
3. ↑ See the Basel manuscript catalog Archivlink ( Memento of the original dated December 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.