Mary sequence from Muri

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The Latin Ave praeclara maris stella by the Reichenau monk Hermann Contractus (1013-1054) is the basis of the Middle High German text of the Mary sequence from Muri ( Muri Monastery in Switzerland ). Mary is represented here as a virgin , mother and intercessor before God . The Mary sequence was created around 1180.

literature

  • Horst Brunner: History of German Medieval Literature at a Glance , (= RUB; Volume 9485), Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, page 96f.
  • Kurt Bona: The old German poetry in lessons , Diesterweg, Stuttgart, p. 64 ff.