medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>"Buona pulcella fut Eulalia": that's the first line of the oldest surviving
poem (written shortly after 878) in the French language ...here's a site with
text, translation into modern French, photographs of the manuscript, and some
bibliography:
http://www.restena.lu/cul/BABEL/T_CANTILENE.html
unusual ms, that B.m. Valenciennes 150 (olim 143) fol.141v.
there appears to be a German(?) poem(?) ["Rithmus Teutonicus de ... Memoriae
Hludouico Regis"?] at the bottom of the page :
http://www.restena.lu/cul/BABEL/T_MSG_CANTILENE.html
some kind of collection of vernacular flowers?
being palaeographically challenged, i take the script to be mature Carolingian
minuscule ?
best from here,
christopher
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