Vorauer handwriting

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The Vorau manuscript is a medieval composite manuscript (end of the 12th century) from the Augustinian canons of Vorau in Styria , Austria . It is kept there under the signature Cod. 276; it contains, among other things, some works by Ava , the first German-speaking poet known by name, who most likely worked in the vicinity of Melk Abbey , as well as the so-called imperial chronicle , the first important German-language historical poem.

The lovingly designed initials in the form of intertwined animal figures should also be mentioned as particularly striking. The language of the various manuscripts is consistently the Bavarian- Austrian variety of Middle High German , also in texts that are actually based on a model from another linguistic region, such as the originally Upper Franconian Ezzo song.

Contents of the Vorauer manuscript

Vorauer manuscript 276

Part I (Bl. 1–135)
  • " Kaiserchronik A" (Schröder No. 1) [Bl. 1ra – 73vb]
  • “Vorauer Bücher Mosis” (V) (with old German 'Genesis' , 'Joseph', 'Moses', 'Vorauer Marienlob', 'Balaam') [p. 74ra-96ra]
  • "The truth" [p. 96ra – 96vb]
  • “ Summa theologiae ” (V) [Bl. 97ra-98va]
  • “The Praise of Solomon” (V) [p. 98va – 99va]
  • "The Elderly Judith" / "The Three Young Men in the Fiery Furnace" (V) [p. 99va – 100va]
  • “The Younger Judith” (V) [Bl. 100va – 108vb]
  • Pfaffe Lamprecht : "Alexanderlied" (V) [Bl. 109ra – 115va]
  • Ava: Life of Jesus and Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit , Antichrist , The Last Judgment (V) [p. 115va – 125ra]
  • "Vorauer Lamentation for Sin" [p. 125ra – 128rb]
  • Ezzo : Hymn ( " Ezzo Song " ) (V) [p. 128rb – 129vb]
  • Priest Arnolt : 'From the number seven' (V) [p. 129vb – 133vb]
  • “The Heavenly Jerusalem” [p. 133vb – 135va]
  • “A woman's prayer” (V) [p. 135va – 135vb]
Part II (Bl. 136-185)

literature

  • Paul Buberl: The illuminated manuscripts in Styria , part 1: The monastery libraries at Admont and Vorau, (= descriptive directory of the illuminated manuscripts in Austria, volume 4.1), Leipzig 1911, pages 177–179
  • Joseph Diemer (Ed.): The imperial chronicle based on the oldest manuscript of the Vorau monastery , Vienna 1849 (with an imprint of the 'imperial chronicle')
  • Kurt Gärtner: Vorauer Handschrift 276 , in: Kurt Ruh et al. (Ed.): The German literature of the Middle Ages: author lexicon . Volume 10, Berlin a. a. 1999, column 516-521 ISBN 3-11-016466-3
  • Karl Konrad Polheim: The German poems of the Vorauer manuscript (Codex 276, Part II). Facsimile edition of the Vorau Canons' Monastery , Graz 1958
  • Albert Waag: The composition of the Vorauer handwriting , in: Contributions to the history of the German language and literature 11 (1886), pp. 77–158

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marburg Repertory: Vorau, Stiftsbibl., Cod. 276 ; Writing language: bair.-österr