Wigalois (fragment).

Description

Title: Wigalois (fragment).
Creator: Wirnt, von Grafenberg, active 13th century
Published / Created: [between 1240 and 1260].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois
Description: In Middle High German.
Script: written in a gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 1-line initials are in red uncials; other 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; the text is not written according to lines of verse.
Provenance: The leaves were used in a binding; other leaves from the same manuscript are preserved in Freiburg, Universitätsbibliothek, 445 (1 bifolium), and Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 14612 (3 bifolia).
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 150 x 100 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Wirnt, von Grafenberg, active 13th century.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
German literature
History and criticism
Subjects: Wirnt, von Grafenberg, active 13th century
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
German literature > Middle High German, 1050-1500 > History and criticism
Germany > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Wirnt von Grafenberg, Wigalois (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.