Evangelienbuch
work by Otfrid
Also known as: “Book of the Gospels”
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discussed in biography
- In Otfrid
Otfrid’s fame rests on his Evangelienbuch (c. 870; “Book of the Gospels”), a poem of 7,416 lines, which is extant in three good contemporary manuscripts (at Vienna, Heidelberg, and Munich). It is an exceptionally valuable document, not only linguistically as the most extensive work in the South Rhine Franconian dialect…
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place in German literature
- In German literature: Pre-Christian and early Christian periods
… (for instance, Otfried of Weissenberg’s Evangelienbuch [c. 870, “Gospel Book”], a rhymed version of the Gospels). In the late 11th and throughout the 12th century, religious literature in early Middle High German proliferated. These works warn of the sinfulness and perils of earthly life, painting it as an illusion and…
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