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Otfrid of Weissenburg (German: Otfrid von Weißenburg; Latin: Otfridus; c. 800 - after 870 AD) was a monk at the abbey of Weissenburg (modern-day Wissembourg in Alsace) and the author of a gospel harmony in rhyming couplets now called the Evangelienbuch.
Summary. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIGURE in the early history of German literature is the Benedictine monk Otfrid (sometimes Otfried) of Weissenburg, author of the Evangelienbuch (Gospel Book). He lived from around 800 until around 875 and completed his major work toward the end of his life between 863 and 871 in the monastery at Weissenburg, now ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Otfrid (flourished 9th century) was a monk of Weissenburg in Alsace and the first German poet known by name. Otfrid was trained in the monastery school of Fulda under Rabanus Maurus, who directed the school from 802 to 824. Otfrid’s fame rests on his Evangelienbuch ( c. 870; “Book of the Gospels”), a poem of 7,416 lines, which is extant ...
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author of an Old High German biblical epic. He was a monk of Weissenburg (modern Wissembourg) in Alsace. His Evangelienbuch, a poem of over 7,000 lines, consists of a Life of Christ constructed from Gospel passages accompanied by theological commentary and culminating in the Last Judgement.
Otfried von Weissenburg. views 3,460,955 updated. Otfried von Weissenburg (ôt´frēt fən vī´sənbŏŏrkh), 9th-century German monk and poet; pupil of Rabanus Maurus Magnentius. His Liber Evangeliorum (863–71) is a counterpart in Old High German to the 9th-century Old Saxon Heliand.
He is the oldest German poet known by name, author of the "Evangelienbuch", a rhymed version of the Gospels, flourished in the ninth century, but the exact dates of his life are unknown. He was probably born at or near Weissenburg in Alsace, where he also seems to have received his earliest education.
Summary. Otfried, a learned monk of the second half of the ninth century at Weissenburg (present-day Wissembourg) in Alsace and pupil of Rabanus Maurus (circa 780--856), an early abbot of Fulda, introduced the use of end rhyme into Old High German poetry.
