Leiden Willeram
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Leiden Willeram is an early medieval biblical commentary and one of the most important surviving texts in Old Dutch, notable for its role in the history of the Dutch language.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Dutch text
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biblical commentary ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Leidener Willeram
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Leidener Willeram ⓘ
surface form:
Leidse Willeram
|
| approximateCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Willeram of Ebersberg ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs ⓘ |
| contains |
interlinear Old Dutch passages
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prose commentary ⓘ vernacular glosses on a Latin base text ⓘ verse-like passages ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Low Countries ⓘ |
| dateOfWork | early 11th century ⓘ |
| genre | biblical exegesis ⓘ |
| heldIn |
Leiden University Libraries
ⓘ
surface form:
Leiden University Library
|
| influenced |
reconstruction of early Dutch lexicon
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study of Old Dutch dialectology ⓘ |
| language | Old Dutch ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Germanic vernacular biblical commentary ⓘ |
| location |
Leiden
ⓘ
surface form:
Leiden, Netherlands
|
| mainSubject | Song of Songs ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| originalLanguageRegion | Old Low Franconian area ⓘ |
| regionOfManuscriptTradition | Northern Europe ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Benedictine monastic culture ⓘ |
| religiousGenre | monastic exegesis ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scriptType | Caroline minuscule ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for early Old Dutch phonology
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evidence for early Old Dutch vocabulary and morphology ⓘ important source for the history of the Dutch language ⓘ one of the earliest substantial texts in Old Dutch ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Dutch historical linguistics
ⓘ
Germanic philology ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ |
| textType | mixed Latin–vernacular text ⓘ |
| topic | allegorical interpretation of the Song of Songs ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparative studies with Old High German
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comparative studies with Old Saxon ⓘ reconstructing early Dutch syntax ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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