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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Henrike Laehnemann
In his ,Expositio in Cantica Canticorum‘, Williram of Ebersberg renders the physical appeal of the Song of Songs quite apparent through his distinctive usage of the metaphor of the text's ,body‘. The passages of Latin and German translation and commentary which flank the central Vulgate-text are thus designed as a unity. This ,girdling‘ of the textual body means that the various parts of the work function only if seen as an organic entity. In the process of transmission, this unity is repeatedly analysed and then resynthesized according to prevailing interests; and the ensembles of texts to emerge out of the organic body each have a different emphasis. All of these ,versions‘ tend to show that Williram's experimental treatment of different languages and genres sustained fascination with the ,physicality‘ of the Song of Songs throughout the Middle Ages and into the Early Modern period.
Author(s): Lähnemann H, Rupp M
Editor(s): Lutz, EC
Series Editor(s): Lutz, EC
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: Text und Text in lateinischer und volkssprachiger Überlieferung des Mittelalters. Freiburger Kolloquium 2004
Year: 2006
Volume: 19
Pages: 95-116; ill. 6-11
Print publication date: 01/01/2004
Series Title: Wolfram-Studien
Publisher: Erich Schmidt Verlag
Place Published: Berlin
URL: http://www.esv.info/978-3-503-07994-0
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9783503079940
