Funeral Sermon and Prayer
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Funeral Sermon and Prayer is the oldest surviving continuous text in Hungarian, notable as a key monument of early Hungarian literature and language.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hungarian literary work
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linguistic monument → medieval manuscript → prayer → religious text → sermon → |
| approximateDate |
around 1192–1195
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late 12th century → |
| associatedWith |
Pray Codex illustrations
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| authorship |
anonymous
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| containedIn |
Pray Codex
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| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of Hungary
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| culturalHeritageStatus |
national literary monument of Hungary
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| genre |
Christian religious prose
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| hasSignificance |
historical linguistics of Hungarian
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history of Hungarian literature → study of Uralic languages → |
| influenced |
later Hungarian religious prose
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| language |
Hungarian
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| length |
approximately 260 words
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| locatedIn |
Budapest
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| location |
National Széchényi Library
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| manuscriptMedium |
parchment
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| notableFor |
early example of Hungarian prose
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key monument of early Hungarian language → key monument of early Hungarian literature → oldest surviving continuous text in Hungarian → |
| originalAudience |
Hungarian-speaking faithful
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| originalUse |
liturgical use by clergy
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| purpose |
funeral liturgy
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prayer for the dead → preaching → |
| religion |
Christianity
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| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
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| script |
Latin script
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| structure |
prayer section
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sermon section → |
| studiedInDiscipline |
medieval studies
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philology → theology → |
| textType |
prose
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| topic |
Christian salvation
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death → human sinfulness → intercession for the deceased → resurrection → |
| translationOf |
Latin funeral sermon tradition
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| writingSystem |
Carolingian minuscule-based script
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Hungarian language
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hasNotableEarlyText |