Ezzolied
Sign in to saveThe Ezzolied, also known as the Cantilena de miraculis Christi (Song of the miracles of Christ) or the Anegenge (Beginning), is an early Middle High German poem written in the 1060s by Ezzo, a German scholar and priest of Bamberg. It is the first poetic text of the High Middle Ages to join German vernacular and Latin learning.
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- Author
- Johann Nepomuk David
- First published
- 1958
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Oratorios -- Scores
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Ezzo
- Genre
- lyric poetry
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- language of work or name
- Middle High German
- inception
- 1060-00-00
- title
- Ezzolied
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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The Ezzolied, also known as the Cantilena de miraculis Christi (Song of the miracles of Christ) or the Anegenge (Beginning), is an early Middle High German poem written in the 1060s by Ezzo, a German scholar and priest of Bamberg. It is the first poetic text of the High Middle Ages to join German vernacular and Latin learning.
==Context==
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