Opera liturgica et poetica
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Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis, vol. 139
- Pages: 235 p.
- Size:155 x 245 mm
- Language(s):Latin
- Publication Year:1994
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-04391-3
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BIO
On 16 September 2022, Professor R.B.C Huygens, until 1997 professor of Medieval Latin at the University of Leiden (The Netherlands), passed away at the age of 90. What Professor Huygens has achieved as a text editor is generally acknowledged to be the nec plus ultra, to quote the motto printed on his obituary. With his passing a magister of the ars edendi has undoubtedly been taken from us.
Summary
This edition brings together the narratives of three important 12th-century travellers to the newly established Crusader States in the Holy Land, one Anglo-Saxon: Saewulf, and two Germans: John of Würzburg and Theoderic(us). All three narratives clearly convey the tremendous impression that these visits to the scene of Christ's wanderings on earth produced on our pilgrims. Apart from the independend value of their observations (mainly in Jerusalem, much less in Judea and Samaria), Saewulf is interesting for being the first to give a description of the situation in the Holy Land immediately after the capture of Jerusalem. His narrative reflects the often sorry state of affairs which prevailed at the end of the Fatimid period. The two others are, however, no less important witnesses, of a later period, shortly before Saladin's victory changed everything.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Iohannes Wirziburgensis (Iohannes Herbipolensis) — Peregrinatio — ed. R.B.C. Huygens
Iohannes Wirziburgensis (Iohannes Herbipolensis) — Peregrinatio (Appendix inscriptionum) — ed. R.B.C. Huygens
Iohannes Wirziburgensis (Iohannes Herbipolensis) — Peregrinatio (Appendix liturgica) — ed. R.B.C. Huygens
Saewulf — Peregrinatio — ed. R.B.C. Huygens
Theodericus quidam — Peregrinatio — ed. R.B.C. Huygens
