Muspilli
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Muspilli is an Old High German eschatological poem that vividly depicts the Last Judgment and the end of the world.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old High German poem
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eschatological poem → |
| approximateDate |
9th century
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Carolingian period → |
| contains | vernacular adaptation of Christian eschatology → |
| describes |
battle between Elias and Antichrist
→
final judgment of souls → resurrection of the dead → reward of the blessed → torments of the damned → |
| form | alliterative verse → |
| genre | religious poetry → |
| hasScholarlyDebateOn |
exact dating
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geographical origin → sources and influences → |
| intendedAudience |
Carolingian aristocracy
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Christian laypeople → |
| intendedFunction | moral exhortation → |
| language | Old High German → |
| lineCount | approximately 103 lines → |
| literaryPeriod | Old High German literature → |
| manuscriptLocation | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek → |
| manuscriptShelfmark | Clm 14098 → |
| manuscriptType | single manuscript witness → |
| meter | Germanic alliterative meter → |
| motif |
cosmic conflagration
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heavenly court → weighing of deeds → |
| narrativePerspective | didactic → |
| placeOfOrigin |
Bavaria
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East Francia → |
| religiousContext |
Carolingian Christianity
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Christianity → |
| script | Latin script → |
| significance |
important source for Old High German religious vocabulary
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important witness to early German eschatological thought → key text of Old High German poetry → |
| sourceLanguageInfluence |
Latin biblical texts
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Latin homiletic literature → |
| studiedIn |
Germanic philology
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historical theology → medieval studies → |
| textualState | fragmentary → |
| theme |
Final Judgment
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surface form: "Last Judgment"
end of the world → eschatology → |
| titleLanguage | Old High German → |
| titleMeaning | term related to Last Judgment or end-time → |
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