Boppe

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Author's picture in Codex Manesse

Boppe was a Middle High German song poet who lived in the second half of the 13th century.

Life

Little is known about Boppe's life. Due to historical references, his sayings can be narrowed down to the 1280s and 1290s, but there is no extra-literary evidence. In Meistersang , Master Boppe was revered as one of the twelve old masters who were considered the inventors of their arts. The Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Codex Manesse) does not assign it a title, but the Jenaer Liederhandschrift calls it "Meister". The author's picture in the Codex Manesse shows Boppe, who is also called "strong Boppe" by the Mastersingers and who may have had this nickname during his lifetime as he bends a horseshoe .

Boppe is also mentioned in various master catalogs well into the 17th century, for example in one by Lupold Hornburg around 1350: "Des Boppen sang from bird, tyren wol is whispered" (Des Boppen song contained many beautiful examples of birds [and] animals ).

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Text in the Jena song manuscript

Under the name “Boppe”, the Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (C) delivers 8 tones with a total of 40 stanzas, 20 of which are in tone I (court tone). Only this tone found its way into further tradition. In the Jena song manuscript there are 18 stanzas (12 of which are also in C), some more in other older manuscripts. A total of 30 ancient sayings have been preserved in tone I. In addition, the court tone has been widely handed down in the later master song manuscripts. The Kolmarer Liederhandschrift offers the most extensive tradition with a total of 190 stanzas in 48 units, 33 of which are repeatedly attested (often in a different order of stanzas). But most of these stanzas probably date from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Thematically, in Boppe's texts - as with other song poets - a connection to the contemporary reality is recognizable; In addition to personal and moral questions, he also deals with political and theological issues. His stanzas contain all the themes of courtly poetry, the listing of courtly virtues and vices, as well as the moral interpretation of natural phenomena and animals. Some stanzas are addressed to people, including a lament for the dead of Konrad von Würzburg .

literature

expenditure

  • Heidrun Alex: The poet Boppe. Edition - Translation - Commentary (= Hermaea; New Series Volume 82), Tübingen 1998

The two older editions only have historical value:

  • Georg Tolle (ed.): The poet Boppe , Sondershausen 1894.
  • Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (ed.): Minnesinger , 4 parts, Leipzig 1838; Reprint 1963. Part 2, pages 377-386; Part 3, pages 405-407.

Secondary literature

  • Repertory of verses and master songs of the 12th-18th centuries Century , Volume 3, edited by Frieder Schanze and Burghart Wachinger, Tübingen 1986, pages 209–245 (compilation of the tradition).
  • Heidrun Alex: Article in Killy Literature Lexicon. 2nd edition 2007.
  • Gisela Kornrumpf : Boppe , in: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Volume 1. Berlin and New York 1978, Sp. 953-957.
  • Wolfgang Stammler:  Master Boppe. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 454 ( digitized version ).
  • Georg Tolle: The poet Boppe , Göttingen 1887.
  • Burghart Wachinger: Boppe . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 2, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-7608-8902-6 , Sp. 445.
  • Wilhelm Wilmanns:  Boppe . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 149 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Boppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Middle High German song poet
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 13th century or 14th century