Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary

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Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary is one of the earliest known Hungarian literary texts, a medieval religious poem expressing the Virgin Mary’s sorrow at Christ’s crucifixion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian devotional text
Hungarian literary work
lamentation poem
medieval religious poem
about Passion of Christ
Virgin Mary
sorrow of Mary at the crucifixion of Christ
associatedWith Marian devotion in medieval Hungary
Passiontide devotion
characterType planctus Mariae (Lament of Mary)
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Hungary
culturalSignificance important monument of early Hungarian literature
source for the history of the Hungarian language
form lyric lament
poem
genre Marian poetry
religious poetry
language Hungarian
Hungarian language
surface form: Old Hungarian
literaryFunction devotional meditation on Christ’s Passion
expression of Marian devotion
literaryMotif mother mourning her son
literaryPeriod Middle Ages
literaryTradition Hungarian medieval literature
mainCharacter Virgin Mary
narrativePerspective first-person voice of the Virgin Mary
notableFor being one of the earliest known Hungarian literary texts
early use of the Hungarian language in literature
religion Christianity
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
subjectMatter biblical events of Good Friday
theme crucifixion of Jesus
maternal grief
suffering and compassion

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Hungarian language hasNotableEarlyText Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary