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Book/Printed Material Tristan and Isolde.

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Title

  • Tristan and Isolde.

Summary

  • This manuscript, preserved today in the Bavarian State Library, is the oldest extant manuscript of the unfinished courtly epic Tristan and Isolde, which was written circa 1205-15 by Gottfried von Strassburg, after the Old French romance of Tristan. Annexed to it is the continuation of the poem by Ulrich von Türheim, transcribed in his lifetime by the same scribe who wrote the Wolfram manuscript (Bavarian State Library Cgm 19). It remains unclear whether this scriptorium, which seems to have specialized in copying manuscripts of German epics, was located in Strasbourg, Basel, or some other large town on the Upper Rhine. This manuscript, too, is known to have been in Bavaria since the late 14th century and in the ducal library in Munich since 1582. There are two columns to a page, with illustrations on 15 leaves with a total of 118 illustrations bound in individually with each signature. They are essentially late Romanesque in style, although the figures are related to the early Gothic sculptures in the transept of the Strasbourg Cathedral. The introductory miniature illustrates in two pictorial strips the May Day festivities at the court of King Mark. Above, in the open air, dancers and musicians appear between the seated figures of Rivalin and King Mark. The lower picture shows the ladies of the court at the festive table.

Names

  • Gottfried, von Strassburg, active 13th century Author.
  • Ulrich, von Türheim, active 13th century Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1215 to 1250]

Headings

  • -  Germany
  • -  1205 to 1215
  • -  Arthurian romances
  • -  Courtly love
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Iseult (Legendary character)
  • -  Literature, Medieval
  • -  Miniatures (Illuminations)
  • -  Romances
  • -  Tristan (Legendary character)

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "This description of the work was written by Karin Schneider.|BSB Shelfmark: Cgm 51"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 109 folios, parchment and paper : illustrated ; 24 x 16 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Bavarian State Library.
  • -  Content in Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500).
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668177

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gottfried, Von Strassburg, Active 13Th Century Author, and Von Türheim Ulrich. Tristan and Isolde. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1250, 1215] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668177/.

APA citation style:

Gottfried, V. S. & Ulrich, V. T. (1215) Tristan and Isolde. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1250] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668177/.

MLA citation style:

Gottfried, Von Strassburg, Active 13Th Century Author, and Von Türheim Ulrich. Tristan and Isolde. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1250, 1215] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668177/>.