Wigamur

Wigamur , the knight with the eagle , is the hero of a narrative knightly poem from the 13th century, which is based on the model of Wirnts Wigalois . A copy of this Arthurian novel from the 15th century in the East Swabian language and with 67 pen drawings is preserved in the Herzog August Bibliothek .

expenditure

• Wigamur. Critical Edition - Translation - Commentary. Edited by Nathanael Busch. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978-3110194364 .

literature

• Gregor Sarrazin: Wigamur. An examination of the history of literature. In: Sources and research on the language and cultural history of the Germanic peoples. Karl J. Trübner, Strasbourg 1879.
• Carmen Stange: A medieval criminal case and its dynastic consequences: The "Wigamur". In: Forgotten Texts. Edited by Björn Reich and Nathanael Busch. Stuttgart 2014, pp. 143–153.

Web links

Handwriting transmission in the manuscript census .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 20. Leipzig 1909, p. 621.
2. ↑ Entry in the manuscript census of the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel .
3. ^ Full text in the Internet archive of the University of California, Los Angeles .