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.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian devotional text
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Hungarian literary work ⓘ lamentation poem ⓘ medieval religious poem ⓘ |
| about |
Passion of Christ
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Virgin Mary ⓘ sorrow of Mary at the crucifixion of Christ ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Marian devotion in medieval Hungary
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Passiontide devotion ⓘ |
| characterType | planctus Mariae (Lament of Mary) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important monument of early Hungarian literature
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source for the history of the Hungarian language ⓘ |
| form |
lyric lament
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poem ⓘ |
| genre |
Marian poetry
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religious poetry ⓘ |
| language |
Hungarian
ⓘ
Hungarian language ⓘ
surface form:
Old Hungarian
|
| literaryFunction |
devotional meditation on Christ’s Passion
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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
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maternal grief ⓘ suffering and compassion ⓘ |
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