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Book/Printed Material Hrotsvitha's Poems. Hroswithae carmina

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Title

  • Hrotsvitha's Poems.

Other Title

  • Hroswithae carmina

Summary

  • This 11th century manuscript is the only to survive to transmit the complete text of the epic and dramatic works of the first German poetess, Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim. Corrections and marginal notes are entered in the hand of the humanist Konrad Celtis, who used the manuscript as a printer's copy for his edition of Hrotsvitha's works published in Nuremberg in 1501. The manuscript once belonged to the Benedictine monastery of Saint Emmeram in Ratisbon (present-day Regensburg) and reached Munich in 1811. Born around 935, Hrotsvitha was a canoness in the German convent at Gandersheim. She wrote Latin poems, stories, plays, and histories during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great (962-73).

Names

  • Celtis, Konrad, 1459-1508 Contributor.
  • Hrotsvitha, approximately 935-approximately 975 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1000 to 1099]

Headings

  • -  Germany--Lower Saxony
  • -  935 to 1501
  • -  Epic poetry
  • -  German poetry
  • -  Latin poetry
  • -  Literature, Medieval
  • -  Poetry
  • -  Poets, German

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "BSB shelfmark: Clm 14485|This description of the work was written by Brigitte Gullath of the Bavarian State Library."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 150 leaves : parchment, illuminations.
  • -  Original resource at: Bavarian State Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667975

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Celtis, Konrad, Contributor, and Approximately 935-Approximately 975 Author Hrotsvitha. Hrotsvitha's Poems. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1099, 1000] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667975/.

APA citation style:

Celtis, K. & Hrotsvitha, A. 9. 9. A. (1000) Hrotsvitha's Poems. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1099] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667975/.

MLA citation style:

Celtis, Konrad, Contributor, and Approximately 935-Approximately 975 Author Hrotsvitha. Hrotsvitha's Poems. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1099, 1000] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667975/>.