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Reference Number MS FRAG/GERM/2
TitleVirginal, or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt [Fragment]
Datec1300
DescriptionFragment of a bifolium from the Virginal or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Dietrich's First Departure), parchment. An epic poem from the Dietrich cycle. An accompanying note states that this fragment is a remnant of the middle part of two leaves of a gathering. The leaf has been cut across the top and bottom with substantial loss of text. Main body text in black is a Gothic minuscule of around 1290-1310, in two columns separated by a vertical line. With red and blue paraphs. Coveney states that the dialect is Alsatian (see Dorothy K Coveney, "A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London").
Extent1 fragment plus 2 accompanying notes
AdminHistoryDietrich von Bern was a heroic figure of Germanic legend, apparently derived from Theodoric the Great, an Ostrogothic king of Italy who reigned between 493 and 526. Dietrich's exploits were related in several south German songs preserved in Das Heldenbuch (The Heroes Book). cf the edition of J Zupitza, Deutsches Heldenbuch (Berlin, 1870), vol v, pp 1-200.
CustodialHistoryProbably recycled as a binding fragment.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
FindingAidsDorothy K Coveney, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London' (London, 1935).
PublnNoteFor the complete text of the fragment, and a full treatment of its relation to other manuscripts of the "Virginal" epic, cf R Priebsch, "Archiv fr das Studium der neueren Sprachen u Literaturen", Jahrg 77, Bd 145 (1923), pp 30-4. Dorothy K Coveney, "A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London", (London, 1935), includes a facsimile of part of the manuscript.
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