Lucidarius

The German Lucidarius (also: "The great Lucidarius ") is a arisen around 1190 Middle High German prose work, which offers contemporary theological and scientific knowledge in the form of questions and answers. The " Lucidarius " was written by Latin models ( Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium ) and represents the beginning of popular scientific literature in German linguistic fields;

Production and reception history

In verse written in A -Prolog, which probably originated around 1227 in Brunswick, Duke Henry the Lion is known as the principal. Authors of three chaplains are called to his court. Meanwhile, the A -Prolog no longer considered credible historical document and the shorter B -Prolog is considered the most authentic. Presumably, the text was written by a single author. This author probably did not work on a secular court, but was Canons Regular, who was in touch with the Marbach reform group. The " Lucidarius " has been revised again and again in the following years and was in the 16th century in the rank of a chapbook.

Content

The text itself begins with a description of its objectives. It should give a " candlestick " knowledge, which is to strengthen the spiritual mind.

Expenditure

• Dagmar Gottschall and George Steer ( eds. ): The German Lucidarius, Part 1 Critical text according to the manuscripts ( = texts and text history, Volume 35 ), Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-484-36035-6
• Lucidarius. From the Berlin manuscript, ed. Felix Heidlauf, ( = German texts of the Middle Ages Volume 28 ), Berlin 1915 (reprint 1970)
• Apollonius of Tyre, 1975, reprint of Augsburg in 1471 and 1516, ISBN 3-487-05089-7

Secondary literature

• Karl Schorbach: studies of the German chapbook Lucidarius and his arrangements in foreign languages ​​( = sources and research on language and cultural history of the Germanic peoples; band 74), Strasbourg 1894
• Marlies Hamm: The German Lucidarius, part 3 comment ( = texts and text history, Volume 37 ), 2002 ISBN 3-484-36037-2 Tübingen